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I have always been fascinated by the idea of melancholy and the sense of absence – of both physical and psychic absence; the influence of the latter on the person proper, the fellow humans or space. I believe that in absence presence is so incredibly wonderfully present. It might be that in this way it is even stronger, more genuine.
In my Gospel According to an Absent Human I have relied on Christian symbolism which in the European space is practically part of our code, our collective perception. Irrespective of their context, powerful motifs trigger a response in a European spectator. I employed the context of modern architecture which we often erroneously relate to emptiness, lack of decorative elements and practicability. Placing a person in space I have filled it with a story, energy. Thus the space interacts with the person and the energy which the person has shared with it.
The Gospel According to an Absent Human is not my personal declaration. It is my absorption in the subject matter, my duty towards space, and my tendency towards the beautiful. The beautiful that is incessantly present all around us.

Primož Lukežič, a graduate of photography, began his professional career as photographer around the year 2008. His style of photography lead him to collaborate with clients from both the commercial world and from the world of art. Soon after graduation, he became a notable lecturer at the Department of photography at the High school for applied sciences in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He teaches Fashion photography and part of the Composition programme.
He collaborates on a regular basis with renowned Slovenian costume designers, fashion designers, make-up artists and hairdressers.
His photographs have been published in various Slovenian and foreign media, and he has also presented his works at several solo and group exhibitions.
In his professional work, his favourite genre proves to be staged cinematic photography in which he always strives for tension between the subject and the objects in space, thus creating the necessary narration.