Many lovers of fine photography and the Republic of Croatia attended the opening of an exhibition of photographs by Croatian artist and photographer Marko Vrdoljak. The guest of honor was the Croatian Ambassador to Poland, Ivan Del Vechio. Thanking everyone for their warm hospitality in Bolesławiec, the ambassador emphasized his desire to cooperate with the city of ceramics. “I would like Bolesławiec ceramics to enter the Croatian market. Some people ignore our potential. They say that it is only four and a half million consumers. But our country is visited by almost 13 million tourists every year,” Ambassador Vechio said at the opening.
Vrdoljak’s photographs confirm that tourists have plenty of reasons to visit Croatia. In his photographs, the artist showed beautiful mountain landscapes, fertile valleys, waterfalls and the blue Adriatic coast, as well as the picturesque corners of Dubrovnik and the exceptional character of its architectural monuments.
Many people attending the opening confirmed that everything visible in the photographs is just as beautiful in reality. Some looked at the photographs while singing Croatian songs and interweaving them with stories about the country they had come to know and love. A photograph of a waterfall in Krka National Park stirred memories in one of the female visitors.
“A film about Winnetou was shot at this waterfall. As a teenager, I collected photographs of that actor,” she recalled. “When I came to this waterfall as a thirty-year-old, I swam behind the curtain of water. I was strong then. Some men could not manage to overcome the rushing current. There was a rock that one could swim to and, sitting on it, regain one’s strength. Then you swam to the waterfall itself. The falling water concealed the entrance to a grotto. Standing on the other side of the watery curtain, you could see the people and the bridge spanning the river.
The “Bolesławiec” Song and Dance Ensemble, led by Elżbieta Tor, performed and danced for the guests gathered at the opening. The exhibition at the BOK-MCC gallery will be open until February 7.
(information: Grażyna Hanaf)
