Sunday, 28 Jan, 2018 – National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina – 10:00h – Sony – Adnan Bubalo and Anel Anči Alijagić – “Landscape and Commercial Photography Through Sony Lenses” – 11:00h – 12:00h – Pixsell Agency – presentation by Robert Belošević – 12:00h – 13:00h – Burim Myftiu – “Street Photography” – 13:00h – […]
Saturday, 27 Jan, 2018 – National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina – 10:00h – Danijel Berković – Lecture by PROFOTO representative and registration for the “PROFOTO Marathon” – 11:00h – 12:00h – Petar Sabol, “Macro Photography through Sony Lenses” – 13:00h – 14:00h – Maral Deghati (World PRESS Photo) – Discussion around the following topics: […]
SARAJEVO, January 27th, 2018. – Winners of the 2017 Balkan Photo Award has been announced at National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. BPA contest is held as part of the Balkan Photo Festival (BPF). The jury consisting of 13 members: Bénédicte Kurzen (Jury Chair), Jim Casper (editor-in-chief at Lensculture), Máximo Panés (editor-in-chief at Dodho Magazine), Maral Deghati (Manager Education at the World Press […]
The Balkan Photo Festival and PROFOTO will organize a photo marathon on Saturday, Jan 28, 2018, from 12:00 to 14:00 hrs, at VTF Studio, located at Terezija bb. Marathon rules and concept Maximum number of participants: 10 Each of the participants will have 10 minutes to set up the lighting and take a photograph of […]
Friday, January 26, 2018 – 7PM – National gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina– The Balkan Photo Award – award ceremony and exhibition opening Please RSVP your attendance at the exhibition by navigating to this link. Admission is free for all events during the festival. – 9PM – Cafe Mash, live performance by musical band “Suspenders”. Saturday, […]
The jury consisting of 13 members: Bénédicte Kurzen (Jury Chair), Jim Casper (editor-in-chief at Lensculture), Máximo Panés (editor-in-chief at Dodho Magazine), Maral Deghati (Manager Education at the World Press Photo Foundation), Ana Frangovska (curator at National Gallery of Macedonia), Damir Senčar (Picture Editor/Photographer at HINA, Croatian News Agency), Marko Marinković (freelance photographer), Imre Szabo(photojournalist), Burim Myftiu (photographer), Senad Šahmanović (movie director), Aleksandra Nina Knežević (designer), Ahmed Burić (journalist and writer), Miro Majcen (photographer), has made a selection of 90 […]
Similarly to previous years, the Organization Team of the Balkan Photo Festival has appointed jury members to select the 2017 Balkan Photo Award winners in 11 categories: Fashion/Advertising Photography, Wedding Photography, Cultural Heritage, Nature and Environment, Portrait, Sports, Everyday Life, Mobile Phones, News and Events, Creative Photography, Reportage/Photo Series. A special online application has been […]
Like in the previous years, the Organizing Board of the Balkan Photo Festival (BPF) has now announced a call for entries to its photo contest for the selection of the best photographs in the past year called the Balkan Photo Award 2017 (BPA). “Every year we try to introduce something new, and since our principle is that […]
REFEST is an international project co-financed by Creative Europe Programme that involves cultural organizations from 4 different countries: Urban (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) organizer of Balkan Photo Festival, Organ Vida (Zagreb, Croatia) organizer of Organ Vida-International Photography Festival, Foundation Montemadrid (Madrid, Spain) organizer of Festivalito de Villaverde and Passaggi Cultura (Fano, Italy) organizer of Passaggi […]
Day three of the Balkan Photo Festival will be held in the BiH Art Gallery and will start at 12PM with a presentation and a conversation with our colleagues from the Pixsell.hr agency about the their work methods and a general overview of the photojournalist scene in the region. Following this event Igor Nobilo will […]
The day two of the Balkan Photo Festival will be held in the BiH Art Gallery and will start at 11AM with Canon gear presentation by our host Ferenc Torok. After a short break the program will continue from 11:30AM to 1PM with Samo Vidic, a Canon explorer who will present the “Munich Surfers” project. […]
SARAJEVO, January 27, 2017 – The winners of the 2016 Balkan Photo Award (BPA) were announced to a packed audience at Sarajevo City Hall today. BPA contest is held as part of the Balkan Photo Festival (BPF). A jury panel consisting of as many as 12 members: Myles Little (US, jury chair), Ilvy Njiokiktjien (NL), […]
The jury consisting of 12 members: Myles Little (US, jury chair), Ilvy Njiokiktjien (NL), Srđan Živulović (SLO), Petar Jurica (CRO), Goran Lizdek (BiH), Daniel Mihailescu (RO), Srđan Ilić (SRB), Boryana Katsarova (BUL), Majlinda Hoxha (KV), Ljiljana Karadžić (MNE), Ana Farngovska (MKD) and Ferhat Uludaglar – Zupčević (TUR), has made a selection of 90 photographs (50 […]
Similarly to previous years, the Organization Team of the Balkan Photo Festival has appointed jury members to select the 2016 Balkan Photo Award winners in 11 categories: Daily Life, Portrait, Creative Photography, Nature and Environment, News and Events, Sports, Fashion, Mobile Phone, Cultural Heritage, Nude Photography and Photo Reportage/Photo Series A special online application has […]
Like in the previous years, the Organizing Board of the Balkan Photo Festival (BPF) has now announced a call for entries to its photo contest for the selection of the best photographs in the past year called the Balkan Photo Award 2016 (BPA). “Every year we try to introduce something new, and since our principle […]
This open-air photo exhibition will introduce you to the world as seen by children from ten municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Join us on Monday February 1, 2016 at the Sarajevo Cathedral square right at noon to find out about their place under the sun. The exhibition is a part of the project dubbed “Support […]
Day 3 of the Balkan Photo Festival will see a lecture by the Slovenian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr. Uroš Podlogar at 11AM in the BiH Art Gallery. Mr Podlogar will speak on the topic of adventure photography and will introduce us to his experiences from the Himalaya trip and filming from a helicopter. […]
The Day 2 of the Balkan Photo Festival program will start at 11AM in the BiH Art Gallery with a lecture from the Associated Press (AP) photographer Mr. Amel Emrić. Emrić’s talk is titled “Photographer, a witness of time”, and he will tell us about his years of working as a photographer and about the […]
SARAJEVO, January 29, 2016. – The winners of the Balkan Photo Award 2015 contest, which is held as part of the Balkan Photo Festival, were announced in a crowded atmosphere of the Sarajevo City Hall. The jury consisting of no less than 12 members: Paul Lowe (jury head), Amel Emrić, Stoyan Nenov, Ivana Tomanović, Jože […]
In addition to the award ceremony of the Balkan Photo Award 2015 and the exhibition opening at the City Hall on 29th of January 2016 at 7 o’clock PM, the Balkan Photo Festival brings a rich program too. Please RSVP your attendance at the exhibition by navigating to this link. Admission is free for all […]
Jury composed of: Paul Lowe (jury chair), Amel Emrić, Stoyan Nenov, Ivana Tomanović, Jože Suhadolnik, Jetmir Idrizi, Duško Miljanić, Yannis Kontos, Osman Orsal, Iva Prosoli, Petrut Calinescu and Žarko Ivanov, has selected 150 photographs (50 individual submissions and 100 photographs as part of photo reportages, a total of 10 best photo reportages) that will be […]
Festival organizers in cooperation with the general sponsor Canon Bosnia and Herzegovina have managed to secure the most lucrative awards so far for the Balkan Photo Award winners. “Increasing the value of contest awards is yet another way we are elevating the festival into a successful regional project” – said the Organizer. The first award […]
