PHOTO PROJECT ‘THIS LAND IS MY LAND’ SHORTLISTED FOR KRANJ PHOTO FEST 2022
January 10, 2022
My photo project ‘This Land Is My Land‘ was shortlisted for this year’s Kranj Foto Fest and it will be exibited among the group shows around the historical centre of Kranj in Slovenia. This project aims to inform the local population of the rich cultural heritage of the migrants that are currently stuck on the Balkan route and who are routinely depicted in the media as trespassers, as ‘the unwanted,’ and as dangerous. This series of portraits of migrants that come from countries in Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa visually fuses their itinerant status with their enchanting cultural background.
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SECOND MEETING OF VII ACADEMY SEMINAR STUDENTS TOOK PLACE IN SARAJEVO
April 22, 2022
During the second meeting within the Sarajevo Seminar for Narrative and Documentary Practice 2022, participants presented their work in progress on chosen photo projects that were followed with individual feedback sessions with instructors Dr. Paul Lowe and Ziyah Gafic. Also, it included lectures by Ron Haviv, Paul Lowe and Ziyah Gafic, while the seminar ended with the vernissage of the exhibition Imagine: Reflections on Peace in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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VII ACADEMY SEMINAR FOR DOCUMENTARY AND NARRATIVE PRACTICE KICKED OFF IN SARAJEVO
January 10, 2022
Along with other photographers from the region, I was selected to participate in the Sarajevo Seminar for Narrative and Documentary Practice 2022 of VII Academy. Over a period of nine months, this interdisciplinary seminar will be led by instructors Dr. Paul Lowe and Ziyah Gafic and will be complemented with a series of sessions by leading journalists, designers, writers, editors and photographers.
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FOUNDRY PHOTOJOURNALISM WORKSHOP 2021
December 10, 2021
I was selected to take part in this year’s edition of the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, an international event that brought together students from 32 countries. Materials that selected participants prepared in collaboration with their tutors were presented during a three-day online event taught by some of the world’s most well-respected photojournalists and photography professionals.
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTAGE AND MEDIA FESTIVAL – INTERFER GOLDEN NIKE 2021
October 24, 2021
First prize and the Golden Nike statue for the photo story Pir Shalyar at the International Reportage and Media Festival – INTERFER Golden NIKE 2021. Footage from the award ceremony is available here.
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