Janez Pukšič (b. 1945) is known primarily as a photographer of a specialised photographic genre: he is a culinary photographer; he photographs food, which he usually arranges into compositions himself or together with chefs. His photos adorn more than hundred internationally renowned cookbooks and have received numerous awards: the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for the most beautiful cover and the best professional book (2004, Arte e Sienza di Servizio),for the best Desert cookbook in the world (2008, Cubo Deserts) the Gourmet Voice for the world's most beautiful cookbook (2005, Handicrafts of Slovenia). In 2010, two books created in cooperation by the almost inseparable duo of photographer Pukšič and designer Žare Kerin received the prestigious Red Dot Design award (Cubo Deserts, Cubo at home). Not to forget the Cresta New York award (1996) for calendar with Pukšič's polaroids and Kerin's design, their golden medal fom New York Festivals for Pukšič's catalogue and there are many more...
EXHIBITIONS
1976 - 1976
- 11. Izložba fotografije Doboj 1976, Umjetnička gal. radničkog uni., Doboj, Jugoslavija
1977 - 1977
- razstava fotografij članov fotogrupe Šolt Ljubljana, Dolenjska galerija, Novo Mesto, Slovenija
1977
- Avtoportret v fotografiji, Kranj, Slovenija
1982
- some aspects of Yugoslav Contemporary Photography, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, Velika Britanija/Great Britain,
1983
- neki aspekti savremene Jugoslovenske fotografije, Salon muzeja savremene umetnosti, Beograd, Jugoslavija
- vidna sporočila 1981-1983, likovno razstavišče Rihard Jakopič, Ljubljana, Slovenija
1989 - 1990
- društvo oblikovalcev Slovenije, likovno razstavišče Rihard Jakopič, Ljubljana, Slovenija
- 150 let fotografije na Slovenskem III,1945-1990, Mestna galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenija
1991 - 1992
- društvo oblikovalcev Slovenije, Jakopičeva galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenija
1996
- Direktn'ga iz moj'ga serca, KUD France Prešeren, Ljubljana, Slovenija
- 15. BIO - bienale industrijskega oblikovanja, Ljubljana, Slovenija
1999
- zlati MM'99, Galerija doma gospodarstva, Ljubljana, Slovenija
2001
- Akt na slovenskem III. fotografija /The nude in Slovenia III, Jakopičeva galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenija
- zbirka galerije Zala 1991-2001, galerija Zala, Ljubljana, Slovenija
2003
- 40 let fotogrupe Šolt-Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom-Mala galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenija
- 100 naslovnic Mladine, Mala galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenija
2004
- 100 naslovnic Mladine, Kibela prostor za umetnost, Maribor, Slovenija
2005
- Kabinet slovenske fotografije, izbor iz zbirke, galerija Mestne hiše, Kranj, Slovenija
2006
- 100 naslovnic Mladine, Studentski kulturni centar, Beograd, Srbija,
2008
- iz zbirke Kabineta slovenske fotografije pri Gorenjskem muzeju, Ljubljanski grad, Ljubljana, Slovenija
2010
- Polaroidi, Galerija Fotografija, Ljubljana, Slovenija
