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PHOTOGRAPHY – WAR AND POST-WAR WITNESS

SIGNIFICANCE OF DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Author(s): Haris Memija
Subject(s): Photography, Military history
Published by: Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini
Keywords: documentary photography; photo-reporters; aggression on BiH; genocide; Srebrenica; mass-graves;

Summary/Abstract: The article relates about the significance of documentary photography as a document of war events and crimes that took place during the aggression in BiH, but also its significance in perception of the truth concerning these events. The introduction part presents the brief history of documentary photography, whilst the main part deals with documentary photography as a witness to the suffering of Bosniaks and the genocide committed against them. Here the author focuses upon those photographs pertaining to the later period of the aggression on BiH and those documenting post-war details of the mass-graves. The article also presents some of the representative documentary photos taken by the number of photographers working at the time.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 62
  • Page Range: 48-57
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bosnian
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