Ljubljana
Why did the New York photographer, whose works adorn the walls of many important world galleries and the homes of Hollywood stars, find a new home in Ljubljana?
Paul Ickovic in his not-yet-renovated apartment on Križevniška Street in Ljubljana
Even if I wanted to, I couldn't have started writing this article at the beginning, because I didn't enter the story unexpectedly until somewhere near the end. Or, if you like, at the beginning of a new chapter. The American photographer Paul Ickovic became my neighbor in the middle of last year, in the autumn of his life (he was born on March 16, 1944, which means that on the day this issue of Mladina is published, he celebrates his 74th birthday!). Even the closest one, that is, I see his front door as soon as I open mine. And it was because of the door that we met. One day I heard a shout from the hallway: "Help!" Someone was calling for help in English and knocking on the door.
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