WHO IS MITAR? A graduate of industrial design, he is a member of Photo Club Belgrade and the photography collective Invert. He has spent five years performing various photography tasks at publishing company Ringier Axel Springer. He won first place in the“life”catego- ry of the 2015 Press photo Serbia contest. Two years later he was awarded second place in the Beta Pho- tograph of the Year contest (for Southeast Europe), while also in 2017 he won the main prize and first place in the“news”category of the Press photo Ser- bia contest.
place at the right time. I later tried to do something simi- lar, but was unable. I repeat- ed all the conditions, time, place, and slowly tried to un- derstand what I needed to do. These photos can be captured when the sun dips below the horizon, because the light is then unique and lasts for just half an hour. Republic Square, Slavija Square, the city centre... Everything I did after that sec- ond photo was measured to it. It’s the dearest image to me because it’s the best.
I love impressionism because that’s the direction that created the most change in the arts. The pictures are of course beautiful, but I’m impressed by the fact that they cre- ated a new language and paved the way to modern art. After they appeared, everyone wanted to be an impressionist, even those who weren’t. Picasso also wanted to be an impressionist, if we understand that as lay- ing new roads. Impressionists ejected black from their palettes, and I don’t like it either; I don’t like it when there’s total darkness. Black is not in the sun’s spectrum. The colours that don’t mix on palette but only on the canvas are fantastic. Impressionists leave the colours to melt in the eye of the viewer. I’d like to see
that in my photographs. If I were to choose my favourite painter, I would have to vote for Monet. His ‘Impression, Sunrise’ is one of my favourites. I would say it is incredi- bly bold in the context of the time during which it was created. Impressionists were the punks of that time. In the meantime, I continue seeking the next series of coincidences. I’m attracted to the street, the faces that pass by. While I walk, I fit them together and combine them in my head, trying to catch character, light and shadow. Untold stories. All artists have the same frustration. No picture is ever complete, only abandoned. It’s never perfect enough, and that’s why passion is always alive, as well as the desire to satisfy that passion.
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