Born in Koper, Slovenia, NATAŠA SEGULIN is an artist whose work listens closely to the whisper of light. She studied art history at the University of Ljubljana, graduating in 1973, and spent decades as a journalist, editor, and eventually editor in chief at TV Koper Capodistria. Those years following culture with a camera, documenting events, shaping stories for the screen, and inhabiting exhibition spaces allowed her artistic vision to grow quietly in the background. It was only later in life, in 2011, that she stepped fully into photography as her primary form of expression.
Segulin’s practice is rooted in a minimal visual language guided by intuition. She is captivated by the subtle geometries of architecture, the quiet presence of nature, and the delicate borders where light meets shadow. Travels with her partner, archaeologist and photographer Slavko Ciglenečki, have shaped her imagination, especially their expeditions to remote Roman sites across three continents. A significant influence on her artistic direction came through her encounter with the internationally acclaimed photographer Diana Lui, whose mentorship deepened Segulin’s attention to the metaphysical resonance of light.
Her images explore the stillness that lingers between the physical and the imagined. Slivers of daylight passing through half closed shutters or narrow thresholds become moments of revelation. Each photograph is a meditation on silence, presence, and the fragile hope that persists within transience. This pursuit culminated in her first photo book, Lumen (2019), a body of work that affirms her fascination with illumination as both subject and metaphor.
Segulin has presented her work in numerous solo exhibitions across Slovenia, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, and beyond, including repeated showings of Sounds of Silence, In the Harbour, The Poetics of Silence, and Lumen. She has also participated widely in group exhibitions, from Venice and Paris to Palermo, Florence, Trieste, Maribor, and Bratislava. Her photographs have received recognition for their clarity and expressive restraint, including the Woman Art Award in Paris in 2022.
A member of the Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies, Segulin continues to explore the luminous edge where perception becomes reflection. Her images do not simply record the world. They reveal the quiet inner weather of attention, guided by the belief that even the smallest trace of light can carry a story waiting to be seen.
More of her work may be appreciated on her website.
Artist Statement
My work begins with instinct. Intuition shapes every decision I make, yet one thread remains constant: a minimal visual language that seeks clarity in a world filled with noise. When I look through the lens, I am guided by perspective, by the cut of the frame, by the quiet geometry of composition. I am drawn to scenes that hold the sound of silence, those rare moments when stillness asserts its own kind of power.
Travel inspires me, but so does the landscape within. I move toward architecture, nature, and small details with the same spontaneous pull. Recently, the interplay of light and shadow has become central to my practice. I am captivated by daylight as it slips through half-closed doors or narrow shutters, leaving traces that feel both tender and enigmatic. These slivers of light create images that drift toward the dreamlike. Through them, I articulate emotion, sensation, and the impressions that linger at the edge of thought.
The whispers of light carry quiet revelations. They arrive as small bursts in the void, echoes that hold hidden stories and unspoken secrets. They evoke a threshold where the physical meets the metaphysical, where reality brushes against imagination.
These minimalist photographs are a study in illumination and its passing. They hold both eternity and transience. They form a journey into what cannot be fully grasped, a search for meaning in a world that resists order, a reaching toward significance beyond what the eye first perceives. They are not only visual encounters. They also offer a philosophical meditation on human hope and its persistent pull toward whatever light we can find in the dark.
Nataša Segulin
