The “Marubi” National Museum of Photography, in cooperation with the State Archives of the Republic of North Macedonia – Manastir Department, will present the exhibition of the brothers Janaki Manaki (1878-1954) and Milton Manaki (1880-1964), curated by Dr. Lucjan Bedeni.

Their collection, stored in the Historical Archives of Manastir, contains 6702 glass negatives, 2087 film plans and 1071 film rolls, 7041 photographic prints, 3867 documents and 49 cameras and other materials, while the Cinematheque of North Macedonia stores a number of films that they realized with “Camera 300”, from which they are also known as the founders of cinematography in North Macedonia.

The exhibition pays special attention to the nomad populations, ethnographic vicinities and similar rituals of the peoples of the Balkans, which we find reflected in the journeys of the Manakis in the region.

This activity is one of the stations of the summer season “KultArt” 2023, organized by the Albanian Ministry of Culture and carried out in cooperation with the State Archive of the Republic of North Macedonia – Department of Manastir.

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