Zoran Filipović

1993.

February 7 – March 4, 2023

National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina

We are pleased to announce the opening of the photography exhibition 1993 by Zoran Filipović. The opening will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 7 p.m.

Photo exhibition 1993 is a continuation of the previous successful photo exhibition and monographic book of the same name 1991 by Zoran Filipović. The new exhibition in a brutally poetic way follows the life of the inhabitants of war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the cities: Mostar, Čapljina, Stolac, the hometown of Zoran Filipović – Brčko, Gradačac, Tuzla, besieged Sarajevo… Some of these photographs, which will be exhibited for the first time, became symbols of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, through numerous international media with which the author collaborated, and his agency at the time, the famous MAGNUM Photos (Paris, London, New York, Tokyo), symbols of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biography

Professional photographer and writer, born in 1959 in Brčko (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Zoran Filipović has lived in Zagreb since 1978 where, in the last few years, he’s been turning more 

and more towards graphic and product design. As photographer, he has worked and seen his work published in a number of distinguished world magazines, such as Paris Match, Life, Photo, Le Figaro Magazine, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin, Vogue/GQ and others. The wider photographic world knows him under the pseudonym ZORO, which he used during his cooperation with the reputed agency Magnum Photos. Many of his photographs created during the war in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1991-1995) became world famous, becoming true icons of photographic war coverage. His photographic, literary and design work has earned him several awards, mostly abroad. He has exhibited in the world’s most notable galleries and museums, in metropolis such as New York, Frankfurt, Prague, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Vienna, Bratislava, Valencia, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Teheran, Mexico City, but also Sarajevo and Zagreb.  As author, he has published sixteen books so far, both at home and abroad, successfully combining his photographic and literary skills. He also co-authored a number of group books. In addition to Croatia, his books have been published in Austria, Germany, France, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He and his work have also been the subject of several documentaries, all made abroad.