Igor Mandic

I have spent nearly three decades using photography to examine the human condition and translate internal ideas into visual form. Born in Sarajevo and based in Belgrade since 1989, I have worked professionally since 1996 — first as a photojournalist, later as an independent art photographer and lecturer.

My photographs revolve around narrative, clarity, and emotional resonance. I use black and white as my primary medium because it reduces reality to its essential structure, revealing form, contrast, and feeling without distraction. Every project is an exploration of existence — shifting between subjects, techniques, and concepts whenever the idea demands it.

My work has been exhibited widely, including participation in Peter Greenaway & Saskia Boddeke’s Obedience project at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, where my series Portraits of Hands was featured. Over the years, my images have appeared in numerous international publications, exhibitions, installations, and collaborative multimedia projects.

I aim to create photographs that act as mirrors, not statements. If viewers think, feel, or recognize something of themselves within the frame, the work has fulfilled its purpose.

• Lecturer in Digital Photography (workshops and courses since 2010)
• Faculty of Media and Communications, Belgrade — Lecturer in Synthetic Photography (2012–2016)
• Frequent collaborator on multimedia, theater, and documentary projects

Selected Exhibitions & Collaborations (Highlights)

Jewish Museum Berlin — Obedience project (Peter Greenaway & Saskia Boddeke), 2015

Documentation of multimedia installations in Italy, Poland, and the Netherlands (Greenaway & Boddeke), 2016–2019

Cinematography & visual identity for UN Women documentary, 2022


Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Pinpointed, Dorćol Platz Gallery, 2019

Traces of My Mother, Bartselona Gallery, 2018

Tranquilo, Instituto Cervantes Belgrade, 2016

Mechanismus, Gardoš Tower, Belgrade Photo Month, 2016

Rorschach Test, Gardoš Tower, 2015

Portraits of Hands, Bartselona Gallery, 2015

I WAS AS YOU ARE, YOU WILL BE AS I AM, Ethnographic Museum Belgrade, 2001


Group Exhibitions & Ongoing Projects

Traveling of 3 Lenses — ongoing project, 29 exhibitions so far

Participant in numerous international group exhibitions since the late 1990s



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Publications & Media

My work has appeared in:

Elle (Croatia)

Status

Mark Magazine (Netherlands)

Toyota British Magazine

Daily Telegraph

Sunday Telegraph
…as well as various books, catalogues, posters, advertising campaigns, and digital platforms.