Meta Krese studied photography in London at a time when knowing one's way around the dark room still meant something. As a journalist and photographer she 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, not to mention she was the editor of Fotografija, a Slovenian photography magazine for a decade and Adria Airways Magazine. 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 a number of solo 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.
Now she teaches photojournalism at the University of Ljubljana and at VIST (Higher school of applied sciences) in Ljubljana.
She has received numerous prestigious awards. She lives and works in Ljubljana.
Svet, kakršen pač je: fotografija – vest slovenske družbe Ribnica, Slovenia, 2011 photo: Dragan Arrigler
De repente anocheciơ, Maruša Krese poems, Meta Krese photos, Antigua Casa de los Leones, Granada, Nikaragua, 2009 Ernesto
Cardenal, photo: Meta Krese
Fotografije borbe in dela Galerija narodnega doma, Trst / Trieste, Italia, 2006
The winner of the European “Writing for CEE 2011” journalism prize photo: Matej Leskovšek
Rasti - kultura Mikado, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2014 photo: Borut Krajnc
Fragmenti sreče v umetnosti Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2013 photo: Borut Sluga