TOŠO DABAC

Toso Dabac (Nova Raca, 1907. - Zagreb, 1970.), Croatian photographer recognized worldwide, is one of the founders and chief representatives of the so-called. Zagreb School of Photography.

He was born in Nova Raca near Bjelovar. His baptismal name was Theodore Eugene Maria Dabac. He attended primary school in Nova Raca. With the family moved to Samobor. He attended the Royal Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb. He enrolled to study law in Zagreb, but it is not finished. He worked for "Fanamet film" and MGM office in Zagreb as a translator and the person responsible for public relations. He edited the magazine "Metro-Megaphone." The first contact with photography 1924th had at school colleagues Ivica Sudnika from Samobor. His first was a photograph of panoramic Samobor signed and dated 7th ožujka 1925th It was first exhibited at an exhibition of amateur photography in Ivanec 1932nd One of the main founders and representatives of the so-called. Zagreb School of Photography. The holder of the social direction in photography. Captures street life, beggars, people from the people, fairs, processions, and a traveling circus (cycles of poverty and street life, 1932nd to 1935th), followed by cycles of portraits, folklore, animals, architecture, landscape and cultural monuments on which he worked until his death. Since the thirties of the 20th century, participated in a series of exhibitions at home and abroad (Prague, Philadelphia, Lucerne, Antwerp, Vienna, Ljubljana, Frankfurt, Munich, New York) in the company then the world's most renowned photographers. One of the most important reward is from 1938. Best photo of the month (Camera Craff). He is a great honor to be a member of the "Photographic Society of America." In 1951., Photo Yugoslav Federation awarded him the title of master of photography. Total was photographed about 200 000 photographs, most in the city of Zagreb. He had a studio in Ilica 17, where he worked for thirty years.