Srdjan Ilic Explained

Srdjan Ilic
Birth Date:1966
Occupation:Press photographer
Nationality:Serbian
Website:http://www.srdjanilicphotography.com

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.

Biography

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.

External links

Notes and References

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

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