Of five solo exhibitions, definitely I would single
out the second “Not for Sale”, which deals with
the theme of prostitution and trafficking, and the
third, “3818”, which deals with the position of young
artists in Serbia. These two exhibitions were somehow completely in my hands, as opposed to, for
example, the first one that was at the initiative of
the university professor and which, although it will
remain in a good memory, it does not take a special
place. And “Not for Sale” is actually my first project
of this kind and it began as a technical experiment. I
work by feel on any of my private project, and I start
from some research so as to come to the final idea,
and so the “Not For Sale” in the beginning was only
the experiment of double exposure. From the start
they were supposed to be portraits overlaid with
streets at night and so it was written in a notebook with ideas, but that idea just stood there. After
going to Arles and after familiarization with the exhibited works, I realized that the double exposure
must have a stronger concept, it has to be semi-act
for the provocation and there all the pieces of the
puzzle fit together. The act with those streets that
made out of the ordinary streets the hidden alleys
and created the start of the topic “Not For Sale” in
its attempt to explore the problem of prostitution.
You mentioned the Arles festival that you visited,
which was a significant starter of your dealing with
conceptualism. What fascinated you the most on this
journey and what do you still have a memory of?
On the Arles photography festival we went organized
after the first year of college. Then I was just slowly
getting in touch with some new things, but then
happened something completely new. Besides the
travelling and beautiful stories with colleagues, the
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Arles has opened for me whole new horizons, I met
some areas of the photography that I’ve never seen
before, and which directly contributed that my idea,
in addition to a regular technical research with portraits and double exposure, turn into “Not for Sale”
project, as I said.
One thing without you can not get a good photo? Do
you remember some good photos that have occurred
accidentally and spontaneously?
The idea and persistence, the two most important
things. I honestly do not remember when it was the
last time when I took a picture of someone spontaneously. Facebook turned us all into a real posers
and photography turned me ... first I can think of is
the one that a friend of mine made at his apartment
in Nis couple of years ago.
The ugliest and the most beautiful side of the fashion world?
People like people, everywhere there will be diverse.
I must admit that I came across of all sorts of experience in dealing with people especially in the fashion
world, but every coin has two sides. I got interested for
the fashion photography for another reason, which it
was not really clear in the beginning, and that is the
fact that fashion photography leaves the most space
for art, idea and creativity, unlike some other commercial photographs so I try not to look so much on the
bad sides, but to do what I love in the best way I can.
What are you doing when you have no work, how
you rest and relax?