OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS, on the square and the waterfront promenade in Rovinj city center
Livingstone association
For the fifteenth year in a row, the striking exhibition of the “Friends of the Sea” project is touring town squares and waterfronts along the Croatian Adriatic. During the summer of 2025, the exhibition will be seen by a large number of visitors in destinations across Istria and the Northern Adriatic.
The 2026 exhibition – Friends of the Sea: “Istria as It Once Was”
The 2026 edition of “Friends of the Sea” exhibition features 30 large-format photographs that explore the life on the Istrian coast, presenting the images as they were seen by our renowned photographers Tošo Dabac and Alojz Orel, who sought their authentic shots in the optical interplay of light.
The photographs, gathered from the national museum collections and private collections, were selected by the expert team of the Rovinj Photodays Festival.
The aim of the exhibition is to present to local and foreign visitors a spectacular visual culture through photography that, in a given time frame, uniquely portrays life through the rhythm of light and shadow. The photographic excellence of the selected authors is reflected in their understanding of visual aesthetics.