3rd place
bronze star award
Jelena Jankovic
serbia 
Photo © Jelena Jankovic
title
Selfie Culture
The photo was taken at a concert Massive Attack in Pula/Croatia
She was born in Belgrade, in 1985. She has completed her studies of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Singidunum University. After her studies, she pursued specialization in art photography with the renowned artist Aleksandar Radoš. Her professional engagement began as a documentary photographer, and her love for acting, dance, and stage introduced her to theater photography and initiated her collaboration with Bitef theater in 2010. While working with Bitef Dance Company, she was exploring aesthetics of dance photography and became official Bitef Festival photographer. In 2014, feature film photography as well. The same year, she engaged in educational work with children, leading creative photography workshops at Children’s Cultural Centre Majdan in Belgrade.
She has exhibited at eighteen groups and six solo exhibitions and has been credited for photography in over 30 theater productions.
2015 she establishes a connection with the creative team of the Ensemble of National Dances of Serbia and becomes their official photographer, and starts exploring movement through the traditional dance.
Her photographs have been published: Rolling Stone (DE), Professional Photographer(USA), Digital SLR Photographer magazine (UK), fotoMAGAZINE (DE), LensCulture, Lürzer's Archive, GEO (ESP).
She is a member of The Association of Fine Arts Artist and Designers of Serbia.
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entry description
The year 2016. reminds me the time in which selfie culture determines our existence if we were somewhere or doing something.The photo was taken at a concert Massive Attack in Pula/Croatia
about the photographer
Jelena Janković is fine art photographer, specialized in dance and theater photography.She was born in Belgrade, in 1985. She has completed her studies of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Singidunum University. After her studies, she pursued specialization in art photography with the renowned artist Aleksandar Radoš. Her professional engagement began as a documentary photographer, and her love for acting, dance, and stage introduced her to theater photography and initiated her collaboration with Bitef theater in 2010. While working with Bitef Dance Company, she was exploring aesthetics of dance photography and became official Bitef Festival photographer. In 2014, feature film photography as well. The same year, she engaged in educational work with children, leading creative photography workshops at Children’s Cultural Centre Majdan in Belgrade.
She has exhibited at eighteen groups and six solo exhibitions and has been credited for photography in over 30 theater productions.
2015 she establishes a connection with the creative team of the Ensemble of National Dances of Serbia and becomes their official photographer, and starts exploring movement through the traditional dance.
Her photographs have been published: Rolling Stone (DE), Professional Photographer(USA), Digital SLR Photographer magazine (UK), fotoMAGAZINE (DE), LensCulture, Lürzer's Archive, GEO (ESP).
She is a member of The Association of Fine Arts Artist and Designers of Serbia.
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