16.01.2014
Exhibition of Dusan Atlagic's photos
The first solo exhibition of photographs of the permanent staff of the magazine "Odbrana" by Dusan Atlagić - " The Serbian Army " opened tonight at the Small Gallery of the Army . The opening ceremony was attended by Defence Minister Nebojsa Rodic , State Secretary Zoran Djordjevic , Chief of General Staff General Ljubisa Diković with members of his staff , and a number of associates , friends and guests .The exhibition was opened by the Head of Public Relations of the Ministry of Defence , Colonel Petar Boskovic. He pointed out that the Atlagić always been " a man with a soul."
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He has managed to project that very soul through the lens. He has a very distinctive manner of photographing, so it comes as no surprise that he is an associate of many newspapers and magazines. His photos are on many covers of the magazine " Odbrana" said Colonel Boskovic.The guests were welcomed by the director of the Media Center "Odbrana " Lt. Col. Slavoljub by Dusan Markovic and Atlagić , and military analyst Aleksandar Radic and photographer Nemanja Pancic spoke of his work.
Lt. Col. Markovic said that the author of the exhibition has devoted several years to the topic – Serbian military , and that it took him a long time to prepare the exhibition , choose pictures in order to arrange the mosaic that gives a beautiful picture of our army .
- Dusan has been recently named the most successful associates magazine "Defense " for 2013 , and the exhibition is our token of appreciation to him. The award was well-deserved , and it will go into the right hands , as evidenced by the presence of the military leadership and the many visitors at the opening tonight . With this thematic photo exhibition, and with the last few, we are trying to draw attention to the rich treasure of our photo archive , and we will try to make turn into practice the exhibitions of the photos of our photographers as we often have themed photo exhibition , said the director of the Media Center.Aleksandar Radic said that Atlagić has made outstanding documents that will remain a permanent testimony to the existence and operation of the Army of Serbia .
- This is a great gesture of the Media Center "Odbrana" to bring people with enthusiasm, into the military institutions to do what they do best . They combined enthusiasm for the military and their photographic craftsmanship , and so made the documents on our military as Radic observed and expressed his desire to see the new exhibition of Dusan Atlagic in a few years.Nemanja Pancic praised the author's vision of a modern professional Army of Serbia in the photographs , while Atlagić welcomed the participants and thanked all contributors .
As a regular contributor to the magazine "Odbrana" Atlagic has exhibited 80 black -and-white photographs, made over the past four years, as a result of recording an authentic situation of military exercises , shooting , reconnaissance mission, festivities and parades. What particularly attracts the attention is the focus on a man- soldiers , from the beginning to the end of the chain of command. Although passionate about aviation and flying, he landed with the same passion among tanks and armored vehicles , rifles and guns , camouflage uniforms and belts , and equally successfully perpetuated the gravity and seriousness of honorable military calls .
The dynamics of exposed photo record proves that the author became part of the exercise, action , machine , despite the harsh winter , relentless rain and ammunition , all for the sake of authenticity. Uniformity , one of the major associations in the army , has stood out as a form in the aesthetics of black and white photographs . It reinforces the impression that the effect of the battle , sending a message that we need to look beyond colour in order to see the photos for what it truly represents. The exhibition is open until 30 January , a selection of black-and- white photographs reflect a deeper symbolism and presents a tribute to Photo Center magazine " Odbrana".Dusan Atlagić was born in 1983. in Belgrade. He studied photography at The Academy of Arts. In 2009 he started cooperation with the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces.
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