GRUJIĆ Gavrilo
GRUJIĆ Gavrilo
Photo-Designer
(Novi Sad, 1946 – Novi Sad, 2006)
Attended the Secondary School of Dental Technicians; however, already at the primary school age he came to love photography and later devoted himself to it. In 1969, he passed the professional exam in photography. At the age of 16, he got the first recognition for his work. He was an outstanding member of the “Branko Bajić” Photo Club, where in 1977 he was pronounced a meritorious member. He worked as a photo-reporter for “Index”, “Tribina” and “Večernje novosti” newspapers. He worked as a photographer for the Serbian National Theatre (1966-69), then a photo-reporter for “Dnevnik” newspaper (1969-71). After that, he worked as an independent artist, then again as a manager of Photography Operations and Photography Editor (1979-94). He contributed photos for books, commercial catalogues and calendars, theatre and film advertising, TV specials… A few years ago, he joined a scientific project of the Institute of Oncology in Sremska Kamenica, working on medical photography.
Member of UPIDIV. Participated in many national and international group exhibitions.
Held more than 20 one-man shows in: Novi Sad, Dubrovnik, Čortanovci, Mokrin, Zrenjanin, Ečka, Vršac, Budapest…
Awards: Zlatno oko/Golden Eye Novi Sad (1971); Nagrada punoletstva/Maturity Award, Novi Sad (1972); Medallion of “Branko Bajić” Photo Club, Novi Sad (1977); “Svetozar Marković” Prize for newspaper photography, Novi Sad (1986); 'Photo of the Year' in Vojvodina, Novi Sad (1987); “Dnevnik” newspaper's Annual Award, Novi Sad (1987); Medallion of the City of Novi Sad for photography and many other awards, recognitions and diplomas.
Embrace
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10. Crossroads, and crossroads again. One of them is branching into two open directions. He can already feel that the right-hand one is a dead end, so he takes the left one – and finally! He arrives at an open river, happy, and sails, and sails. He sails for days, weeks, months. He does not count anymore. The riverbank is deserted and gray – barren rock.
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