My name is Karlo Čargonja. I was born and live in Rijeka, a port city shaped by shifting borders, layered histories, and the quiet persistence of everyday life. Growing up in a place defined by movement and transition has deeply influenced the way I observe people and construct images.
I began filming weddings at the insistence of a friend and never imagined that this would become the professional path I feel most connected to. What gradually unfolded was something more layered: I discovered that a wedding is not a spectacle to be captured, but a condensed human situation — a moment in which ritual, family histories, and private mythologies briefly rise to the surface. Witnessing these moments from within changed me as well. Before I started filming weddings, I never felt the desire to have one of my own. Yet through the years, being present at so many intimate thresholds quietly shifted my perspective and eventually led me to celebrate my own wedding too.
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