Marija Braut

Fotografije 1967 - 2005

The Croatian photographer Marija Braut was one of those quiet people who loved to explore and document everything that surrounded her. Always with the camera in her hand, she could be seen daily walking around the streets of Zagreb. But, she was a lot more than a chronicler of a city. Her body of work included theatre photography, street photography, landscapes and portraits of some of the greatest artists as well as the general public. Marija Braut was born in Celje in 1929. She moved to Zagreb in 1941, where she finished high school and went to study at the Faculty of Architecture.

She started making photography at the age of 38, in order to make money after she left her husband and home. It was Tošo Dabac, one of the Croatian most significant photographers, who was her teacher and sent her out to take photos. Later, she became his associate. The first independent exhibition she made, along with the photographer Petar Dabac, was placed in the gallery SC in Zagreb, in 1969. From that day forward, she participated in more than a hundred group and solo exhibitions. At first, she worked for the galleries of the city of Zagreb (later, the Museum of Contemporary Art). Since 1971, she has worked as an independent photographer. 

Language: Croatian, English

Size: 22,5 x 26,5 cm, 261 pages

Binding: hard cover

Publisher: Prometej, 2006