Meta Krese as a journalist and photographer works for Slovenian newspapers and magazines, occasionally for foreign ones as well; she is the author of two monographs on photography, has provided photographs for several books, some of which she wrote. She was the editor of Fotografija, a Slovenian photography magazine for a decade. Her numerous articles, mostly concerning social themes, come from Slovenia and more remote places, but also from the less distant but nonetheless interesting Balkan countries. She has prepared some solo exhibitions and collaborated in several collective exhibitions.
She has worked with humanitarian organisations such us Red Cross Slovenia, International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim Assistance and ISOP – Innovative Sozialprojekte with poet and writer Maruša Krese.
Selected awards and recognitions
- Pulitzer Centre for Crisis Reporting, grant, 2019-2020
- Lange-Taylor Prize, shortlisted, Duke University, 2019
- Lange-Taylor Prize, shortlisted, Duke University, 2018
- Pulitzer Centre for Crisis Reporting, grant, 2015-2016.
- Winner of the European “Writing for CEE 2011” journalism prize
- Prize for outstanding journalism from the Slovene Association of Journalists, 2006
Ko se življenje končna pri 45
Mesto žensk, Slovenski etnografski muzej – SEM, 2003
Fotografije borbe in dela
Galerija narodnega doma, Trst, Trieste, Italia 2006
Photo: Branko Čeak
Ernesto Cardenal ob slikah razstave De repente anocheciơ (Maruša Krese poems, Meta Krese photos)
Antigua Casa de los Leones, Granada, Nikaragua, 2009
The world as it is : photography
the conscience of Slovene society
Ribnica, Miklova hiša, Slovenija, 2011
Photo: Dragan Arrigler
Nagrada Writing for CEE “Writing for CEE 2011” journalism prize
Photo: Matej Leskovšek
Diwan (Maruša Krese poems, Meta Krese photos), Feldbach, Avstrija, 2008
Photo: Boštjan Botas Kenda
Dom nekje med Turčijo in Avstrijo, Mestna knjižnica Ljubljana, oktober, 2011.
Turki prihajajo
Galerija Mikado, Slovenia, Ljubljana, 2009
Photo: Borut Krajnc
Fragmenti sreče v umetnosti
Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2013
Photo: Borut Sluga
Rasti – kultura
Mikado, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014
photo: Borut Krajnc
Alle, die Hier Sind, Sind von Hier
Rotor, Graz, Avstrija, 2015.
To, kar so videli: razstava fotografov časnika Dnevnik
Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, 2018
Photo: Brane Maksimovič
Če bi Slovenija bila
Grad Rajhenburg, Slovenija, 2018.
No End, Director: Jakob Krese Cinematographer: Jakob Krese, Meta Krese
DOK Leipzig 2018
Photo: Sandor Tence
Razstava študentov fotografije VIST – Visoke šole za storitve
programme Photography
Galerija Mikado, Ljubljana, 2019
Čakamo zaman / Aspettiamo invano
Zgodbe begunk iz Srebrenice / Storie di profughe di Srebrenica
Gledališče, Trst, Italija, 2021 / Teatro Miela, Trieste, Italia, 2021