 | Janez Puhar (1814-1864), the inventor of glass photography The inventor of glass photography took his place among the world’s pioneers of photography in 1852 with an international award in Paris. He was born in 1814 on Reginčeva street in Kranj to an old and eminent family. He was extremely talented, spoke several languages, was engaged in drawing, botanics, astronomy, music and played several instruments which he had made himself. In grammar school he was already filled with enthusiasm for matthematics, physics and chemistry. After graduation he wanted do devote himself to art, but became a priest at his mother’s request. He served in several towns in Slovenia and probably returned to Kranj for the sake of photographic experiments. By that time he was already mortally ill and died in 1864 in Kranj. To honour our great fellow countryman there are two memorial plaques in Kranj, one in the street of his birth and the other in Prešeren’s grove, while his tradition continues in the oldest Slovene photography society Janez Puhar. |
