Viktor Đerek (born March 8, 2000) is a
Croatian photographer.
His work includes nature, landscape, portrait and historiographical subjects.
In 2013, he collaborated on a short documentary film that was used in an advertising campaign for a tourist organization.
Biography
Early life and education
Viktor Đerek was born in
Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
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on March 8, 2000. He had a younger brother Stjepan and younger sister Katarina. Đerek got involved in musical theatre at elementary school.
Work
Đerek gained an interest in photography at age 9 when he took a photography class. Afterward, he began travelling with his grandfather
while taking photos independently and uploading them to the image hosting website
Flickr
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. His love for photography was inspired by his grandfather.
In mid-2013, Đerek directed, produced and filmed his first short documentary film, ''Fairy Tale Croatia.''
The film includes footage of the city of
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, a Port, seaport and the centre of the Dubrovni ...
,
Zadar
Zadar ( , ), historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian, ; see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar ...
, and
Zagreb
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as well as footage of the
National Park of Plitvice Lakes.
Đerek has taken part in the pre-release promotion of the films ''
Love, Simon
''Love, Simon'' is a 2018 American teen romantic comedy drama film directed by Greg Berlanti from a screenplay by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, based on the 2015 novel '' Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda'' by Becky Albertalli. The fi ...
'' and ''
A Star is Born.'' A screening of ''Love, Simon'' was arranged in cooperation with before its official release.
His photographs were published in a 2019 historical novel by author , entitled ''Grački boj.''
Short films
* ''Fairy Tale Croatia'' (2013)
* "''Kako da Stanem?''" (2014)
Exhibitions
* ''Zajedno'' (Together), Zagreb, 2008.
References
External links
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Croatian photographers
Living people
2000 births
Artists from Split, Croatia
Croatian human rights activists
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