About me

Davor Šiftar, art photographer, was born in Zagreb. He attended the School of Arts and Crafts and graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, art history and comparative literature. He is a curator and senior museum photographer in a museum in Zagreb. He is professionally engaged in photography since 1977 and from 1980 a member of the Croatian Association of Artists of Applied Arts' photography section.

For years he was taking photographs of the opera and drama performances for the needs of the Croatian National Theatre (HNK) in Zagreb, performances of the Teatar u gostima, was the official photographer of two Music Biennale in Zagreb, some ten years was the official photographer of  the Zagreb Concert Management, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall and almost twenty years is the official photographer of the International Folklore Festival. Often takes photos of sculptures for monographs, museum exhibitions, catalogues and posters, and especially perceptive for travel and landscape photographs (Croatia, Argentina, Italy).

Pursuant to the Copyright Act the use of photographs in whatever form is not permitted without the author's approval.