An evening dedicated to the memory of Goranka Matic, one of the most important photographers from the area of the former Yugoslavia, will be held today in Podgorica, at the “F 64” Photography Gallery, at 19 p.m.
The following will talk about the work and work of Goranka Matić: Mirjana Dabović Pejović, Lazar Pejović i Dejan Kalezic.
"Through the presentation of her works and the story of her personality, we will evoke fond encounters with her. We will talk about the significance of the photographic legacy she left behind, her contribution to art and culture, as well as the traces she left in the memories of all who knew her. Join us in paying tribute to one of the most important photographers of our region," the "F 64" gallery said in a statement.
Goranka Matić was born in Maribor in 1949. She completed her studies in art history at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, and began professional photography in 1980, while she began exhibiting in the country and abroad in 1986.
Since the founding of the Student Cultural Center in 1971, she worked as an assistant to the art program, and then as a professional associate and curator of the Happy New Art gallery. From 1978 to 1980, she ran Gallery 45 in New Belgrade, where she organized more than twenty exhibitions.
During the 1990s, her work became extremely notable and particularly significant in the field of rock photography. As a celebrated New Wave photographer, she took photos for many covers of Belgrade bands. She did photos for many magazines and journals, building an artistic career at the same time. She initially worked as a freelance artist, and from 2006 to 2006 she was also the photography editor of the weekly magazine “Vreme”. She was also the photography editor of “Politika”, from 2010 to XNUMX, and until her retirement at Radio and Television of Serbia.
She taught photojournalism at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade for eight years. She was an assistant professor at the Faculty of Media and Communications, teaching photojournalism and documentary photography.
She passed away in early January this year, in Belgrade.
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