Srdjan Ilic (born 1966) is a photographer from Serbia who worked twenty years for the Associated Press. From 2012 to 2016, he was a director of photography at Tanjug, a Serbian news agency.[1] He is also head of the Association of Photographers of Serbia.[2] From 2016 to 2020 worked for Pixell, a photo agency in Zagreb. From 2016 on works as photo editor at Insajder Produkcija.

Srdjan Ilic
Born1966
NationalitySerbian
OccupationPress photographer
Websitehttp://www.srdjanilicphotography.com

Biography edit

After studying hydrogeology at Belgrade University,[3] Ilic began working for various news media in Serbia starting in 1984. He went on to work for the Associated Press from 1990 until 2010, covering middle east crisis in Iraq, Iran, Jordan, the attempted coup in Russia, the Balkan wars, local parliamentary elections and sporting events.[3] He was wounded three times while doing his job during the various Yugoslav conflicts.[4] Ilic became the director of photography at Tanjug in 2012.[1] Since 2016, he worked for the Pixell agency, shooting photos in Serbia.[5][6][7][8]

Ilic has a World Press Photo Award for Spot News and a World Press Photo Children's Award. He received both prizes in 1999 during the Kosovo conflict. He has also won two APME-Associated Press Managing Editors Awards,[9] as well as several YU Press Photo awards, from a national photo contest held in Serbia.[10][11][12][13] He has participated in various group photo exhibits, such as a show on contemporary news photography held at the Manhattan gallery Apexart and curated by David Byrne.[14] Other group shows include a Belgrade exhibit on war photography at the Museum of Yugoslav History,[15] as well as another exhibition held in Serbia and initiated by the European Fund for the Balkans.[16][17] Ilic is married with two children.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Srdjan Ilic". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ Editorial, Reuters. "Serbian photojournalists appeal against threat to copyright". Retrieved 29 April 2018. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ a b "Srdjan Ilic, photography". www.srdjanilicphotography.com. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Albanian genocide by Srdjan Ilic". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. ^ "SRPSKE PROTUMJERE Procurilo ime ministra kojem će danas zabraniti ulaz u Srbiju?". www.index.hr. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Jandroković objasnio zašto je prekinuo posjet Srbiji". www.index.hr. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. ^ Insajder. "Izveštaji EK o napretku Srbije: Svrha poznata, efekti upitni". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Japan kroz Srbiju otvorio vrata za Zapadni Balkan". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Editors Seek Diversity, Credibility". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  10. ^ "You are being redirected..." www.serbia.com. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Srdjan Ilic, photography". www.srdjanilicphotography.com. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  12. ^ "2016 Balkan Photo Award winners announced at a ceremony! - Balkan Photo Festival – Balkan Photo Award". balkanphotofest.com. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Tanjug's photo editor receives photo reportage award - InSerbia Today". inserbia.info. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  14. ^ "apexart :: David Byrne :: Gesture, Posture and Bad Attitude in Contemporary News Photography". apexart.org. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  15. ^ (http://www.degordian.com), Degordian. "Lessons from '91 - Muzej Jugoslavije". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  16. ^ "The exhibition of war photographs "Lessons from \'91" at the Museum of Yugoslav History". www.telegraf.rs. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Dynamic panel discussions, films and photo workshops within the EFB framework programme for the "SEE New Perspectives: from Balkan Photographers" - Balkan Fund". 29 November 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

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