Belgrade Raw

Prepozavna fotografska skupina Belgrade Raw bo septembra v Galeriji Photon doživela svoj dolgo pričakovani slovenski debi. Skupina, ustanovljena leta 2009, skozi fotografijo raziskuje socialne, urbane in politične razsežnosti mestnega življenja. Aktivno dokumentira vsakdanje življenje v Beogradu ter ponuja surovo in iskreno podobo njegove skupnosti in urbanega okolja.

Na tej razstavi se kolektiv po petnajstih letih sodelovanja vrača k procesni naravi svojega delovanja in se sprašuje, kaj ostaja pred in po vsaki dokončani sliki. V tej novi iteraciji podobe in besedila delujejo kot osnutki, sledovi in odprtine za nove interpretacije. Razstava združuje arhivsko gradivo in skice – preteklost se prepleta s prihodnostjo.

Delo v kolektivu jim omogoča, da upočasnijo – da raziskujejo, skupaj opazujejo in se odločajo, kaj je pomembno in kako to predstaviti. Namesto da bi sledili strogim pravilom ali enotnemu vizualnemu slogu, vsak član ustvarja na svoj način, povezani pa so v skupni zavezanosti dokumentiranju vsakdanjega urbanega življenja. Belgrade Raw zdaj vstopa v novo poglavje in kot svojo najnovejšo članico pozdravlja Jeleno Nikolić.

Člani_ce kolektiva Belgrade Raw so: Andrej Filev, Jelena Mijić, Aleksandra Mihajlović, Jelena Nikolić, Milovan Milenković, Nemanja Knežević, Luka Knežević – Strika, Mane Radmanović, Dušan Rajić, Darko Stanimirović in Saša Trifunović.

Belgrade Raw so svoje delo večkrat predstavili tako na samostojnih razstavah v galerijah kot v okviru lokalnih in mednarodnih festivalov, med drugim v Londonu, Sarajevu, na Dunaju, v Splitu in Pittsburghu. Kolektiv je pet let zapored organiziral fotografski sejem, štiri leta pa je vodil serijo delavnic, posvečenih izključno dokumentarni fotografiji, pod naslovom Serbia Raw.. Izdali so tudi istoimensko fotografsko knjigo, v kateri so zbrana dela udeležencev iz 13 srbskih mest.

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The acclaimed photography collective Belgrade Raw makes its long-awaited Slovenian debut this September at Photon Gallery. Founded in 2009, Belgrade Raw explores the social, urban, and political dimensions of city life through the medium of photography. The collective actively documents everyday life in Belgrade, offering a raw and honest reflection of its community and urban environment.

In this exhibition, after fifteen years of working together, the collective returns to the processual nature of their practice, questioning what remains before and after each finished image. In this new iteration, images and texts function as drafts, traces, and openings for new interpretations. The exhibition blends archival material and sketches—merging the past with what is yet to come. Working as a collective gives them the space to slow down—to explore, to observe together, and to decide what matters and how to present it. Rather than adhering to strict rules or a singular visual style, each member works in their own way, united by a shared commitment to documenting everyday urban life. Belgrade Raw now enters a new chapter, welcoming Jelena Nikolić as its newest member.

Members of the Belgrade Raw collective are: Andrej Filev, Jelena Mijić, Aleksandra Mihajlović, Jelena Nikolić, Milovan Milenković, Nemanja Knežević, Luka Knežević – Strika, Mane Radmanović, Dušan Rajić, Darko Stanimirović and Saša Trifunović.

Belgrade Raw has exhibited its work on numerous occasions, both through solo exhibitions in galleries and as part of local and international festivals in London, Sarajevo, Vienna, Split, Pittsburg. For five consecutive years, the collective organized a photo fair, and for four years in a row, it ran a series of workshops dedicated exclusively to documentary photography, titled Serbia Raw. The collective also published the Serbia Raw photo book, compiling work produced by participants in 13 Serbian cities.