About the Photographer
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Boštjan Burger
burger.si
Ljubljana - Slovenia - Europe
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Even though my first major subject at university was in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and my first job was as a professional programmer in the late 80’s, my life-style and work was to be a geographer. Not by education but by my real work, as I was implementing my knowledge of informatics in geography and researching the hydrography of Slovenia, in particular its waterfalls. My main working tools were a map and later, in 1997, a GPS unit and a 35 mm SLR camera.
I have documented over 130 waterfall locations with hundreds of waterfalls and published the project on the internet in 1996 with the name “Slovenia Land of Waterfalls”. However Slovenia is not a typical waterfall country - it is the land of the distinctive limestone terrain known as karst (Kras). Over 10,000 subterranean caves were tempting and I just needed a good tool to start visually documenting them. In the late 90’s I met another geography guy, Don Bain from the University of California, who introduced me to an amazing method of documentation - Virtual Reality Panoramas.
I soon mastered that methodology and by 1999 I had created a complete virtual tour of Ljubljana, Slovenia, similar to today’s Street View. I named it the Ljubljana Open Air Museum. Hundreds of virtual reality panoramas of streets were linked together with hotspots. In the year 2000 I extended the Street View-like project of Slovenian towns to include virtual tours of museums. Eventually I created 106 comprehensive tours of museums. Encouraged by the results I started my first documentation of limestone karst and caves in 1999. The public response to my virtual tours of caves was so great that Slovenian national television made a documentary of my work in 2001. I have been invited to give many geography lectures, and my internet project was chosen as one of the best within the European Schoolnet project in May 2001.
I didn’t have a complete geographic education, so I decided to finish the university geography programme. I have specialized in karst geomorphology and in the course of many projects fine-tuned a method of light-painting to illuminate large caverns. My last important subterranean project was 500 meters below ground in the methane gas polluted environment of a coal mine at Velenje in Slovenia. Between November 2010 and March 2011 I have documented important coal mining processes using virtual reality panoramas, and presented all the collected visual data in an e-learning “classroom”.
What is a geography? It is not just a profession but it is also a lifestyle. I am proud that I was able to be a baby sitter to my kids and many times take them with me to special geographical locations.
http://www.burger.si
Contributions:
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wwp1211: Best Of 2011 / Full-Screen
- Tour de France
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Briançon, France
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wwp911: History / Full-Screen
- Čolniči Cave
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Cerkniško polje, Notranjska, Slovenija
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wwp611: Family / Full-Screen
- Independence Day
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Kongresni trg, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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wwp311: Limits / Full-Screen
- Someone had the Courage...
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Slivje, Slovenija
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wwp2011: International Year of Forests / Full-Screen
- Summertime in a Blind Valley
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Dobeno, Central Slovenia
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wwp2011: International Year of Forests / Full-Screen
- Alpine Forest in Springtime
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Kamniška Bistrica, Kamnnik-Savinja Alps, Slovenia
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wwp2011: International Year of Forests / Full-Screen
- Beech Forest in Early Springtime
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Bukovniško jezero, Prekmurje, Slovenia
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wwp2011: International Year of Forests / Full-Screen
- Winter: Forest Elevation Border
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Snežnik, Slovenia
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wwp1210: Best Of 2010 / Full-Screen
- 172m Below the Sea Level
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Šoštanj-Velenje, Slovenia
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wwp910: Crossroads / Full-Screen
- Where the Heck is a Crossroad?
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Ljubljansko barje, Lipe, Slovenia
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wwp610: Forgotten Places / Full-Screen
- Palaeolithic Station Babja Jama
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Gorjuša, Dob, Domžale, Slovenia
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wwp310: Food / Full-Screen
- Is Love a Soul Food?
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Hrastovlje, Slovenska Istra, Slovenia
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wwp1209: Best Of 2009 / Full-Screen
- Fusion – Energy of the Future
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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wwp909: Performing Arts / Full-Screen
- Rough for Theatre II • Play
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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wwp609: Time / Full-Screen
- Time is passing by...
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Kalce - Logatec, Slovenia
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wwp309: Diversity / Full-Screen
- Barefooted Tunnel
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Bosonogi rov, Nova Križna jama, Notranjska, Slovenija
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wwp1208: Best Of 2008 / Full-Screen
- 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Prešernov trg, Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU
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wwp908: Color / Full-Screen
- Vineyard Colours
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Trška Gora, Dolenjska Region, Slovenija
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wwp608: Elevation / Full-Screen
- Collapsed Waterfall
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Above Čedca Waterfall, Jezersko, Slovenia
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wwp308: Beginnings / Full-Screen
- Evropa
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Šempeter, Savinjska dolina, Slovenia
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wwp108: Wrinkle Tribute / Full-Screen
- Sleepy Ljubljana...
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Prešernov trg, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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wwp1207: Best of 2007 / Full-Screen
- My Mountains...
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Jenkova planina, Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe, Slovenia
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wwp907: Sustenance / Full-Screen
- Run for a Life
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Pasice Gorge, Cerkljansko, Slovenia
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wwp607: Community / Full-Screen
- Radio Community but not Community Radio
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Domžale, Slovenia
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wwp307: Atmosphere / Full-Screen
- Before the Columbus
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Piran, Istria, Slovenia
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wwp1206: Best of 2006 / Full-Screen
- Nostalgia
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Rue Mercerie, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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wwp906: Transportation / Full-Screen
- No Car Day ? No Problem... Use Train...
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Ljubljana Railway Station, Slovenia
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wwp606: Gardens / Full-Screen
- Countryside Garden from the 19th Century
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Pleterje, Šentjernejsko polje, Dolenjska, Slovenia
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wwp306: Borders / Full-Screen
- Russian Federation - USA Border
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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wwp1205: Best of 2005 / Full-Screen
- Subterranean Exploration
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Cave near Bloška Polica, Notranjska Region (Inner Carniola), Slovenia
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wwp905: Energy / Full-Screen
- Tesla Coil
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Technical Museum of Slovenia, Bistra, Slovenia
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wwp605: Water / Full-Screen
- Water - Creator of the Karst
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Planina, Notranjska, Slovenia
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wwp305: Marketplace / Full-Screen
- Palm Sunday bundles - Cvetne butarice
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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wwp1204: Sanctuary / Full-Screen
- Sanctuary of the spirit
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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wwp904: Bridges / Full-Screen
- The Great natural bridge of Rakov Skocjan
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Rakov Skocjan, Notranjska Region, Slovenia
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wwp304: The Original WWP / Full-Screen
- The Mythological Entrance into the Underground - Pluto's Hades?
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Skocjan Caves Park, Karst, Slovenia
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