Edi Šelhaus

Biography

Eduard Edi Šelhaus, a photojournalist in slippers—as he liked to call himself—was born in 1919 in Podkraj, Vipava. His parents, both photographers, decided his profession: He would be a photographer. In 1943, he set off with his Leica camera to join the partisans. He joined the newly formed SNOS photo section and photographed valuable testimonies of war events in the vicinity of Bela Krajina. After the war, the city of Trieste became the main European stage where boundaries between East and West (communism-capitalism) were set. For this reason, Edi was sent by Belgrade Film News to Trieste to record events in Zones A and B and demonstrations for the annexation of the city to Yugoslavia. He was often left with a broken camera, beaten, and imprisoned. After the Trieste years, he served as a photojournalist for Poročevalec (later Delo), covering various sections. After retiring, he devoted 25 years to researching the fate of Allied airmen who were forced to land or parachute onto Slovenian soil during the war.

Filmography

Director of photography
1948   Prvi maj v Trstu, kratki dokumentarni reportažni film
1948   Vse sile za proslavo prvega maja v Trstu, kratki dokumentarni reportažni film
1948   Tujega nočemo, svojega ne damo, kratki dokumentarni reportažni film
1947   Trst, kratki dokumentarni reportažni film
1946   Filmski obzornik avgust 1946, kratki dokumentarni novičarski film
1946   Juliska krajina, kratki dokumentarni propagandni film
1946   Maščujmo in kaznujmo,  kratki dokumentarni film
1946   Trst, kratki dokumentarni propagandni film
1945   Filmske novice 3, kratki dokumentarni novičarski film