Joined March 2024
31 Photos and videos
Gračanica enclave, Central Kosovo, 2008. Roma children spending the afternoon outside. Ordinary scene - until you remember the year. #KosovoandMetohia #DocumentaryPhotography #Roma #BlackAndWhitePhotography
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Gračanica enclave, Central Kosovo, 2008. Roma children spending the afternoon outside. Ordinary scene - until you remember the year. #KosovoandMetohia #DocumentaryPhotography #Roma #BlackAndWhitePhotography
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Gračanica enclave, 2008. More moments from the same afternoon. Photos by Ivan Maksimović.
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Laplje Selo near #Gračanica, #Kosovo & #Metohija, 2008. A record of everyday life unfolding under conditions of long-term instability and external pressure. #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #reportagephotography
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From a documentary series in Kosovo and Metohija, 2008. @MagnumPhotos @BurnMagazine @lensculture @phmuseum @ApertureFnd
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Тhe landscape remembers what people tried to leave behind. / From a long-term documentary project on the fading traces of serbian identity in kosovo and metohija. #blackandwhite #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #monochrome #bnwphotography #urbex #postindustrial #zvečan
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Ivan Maksimović | Photographer retweeted
Life in the Frame: A Future in the Shadow of the Past These images of children playing with replica weapons are more than childhood moments – they reflect the harsh reality of northern Kosovo, where the past never truly ends. #Photography #Kosovo #WarAndPeace #ChildrenOfConflict
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Ништа није случајно. На фотографији, нараво... Звечан, Бадњи дан 2025. / Nothing is accidental. In the photograph, of course… Zvecan, Christmas Eve (Badnji Dan) 2025. #blackandwhitephotography #StreetPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography #Historyphotography
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Радост и отпор живе у свакодневици, упркос неизвесности и притисцима. / Joy and resilience live in everyday life, despite uncertainty and pressures. instagram.com/ivan_maksimovi… @photographmag @oh_anderson @NatGeoPhotos @humansofny @MagnumPhotos @GettyReportage @NYTmagPhoto

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Zvečan, Kosovo and Metohija, Serbia (August 2024). instagram.com/im_street_phot… The atmosphere recalls old B&W movies and brings back memories of forgotten places, all suffused with a cinematic aura. #UrbanPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography #VisualPoetry #StreetPhotography
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FUTURE – PAST hold no uncertainty or doubt for the Serbs of Kosovo and Metohija. The present lingers somewhere in between, and, it seems, lasts the longest - because nothing ever changes. A constant decline. Disappearance. Kosovska Mitrovica, July 2025 #kosovskamitrovica #photo
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БУДУЋНОСТ - ПРОШЛОСТ за косовскометохијске Србе нема неизвесности ни недоумица. Садашњост је негде између и, чини се, најдуже траје јер се баш ништа не мења. Константно пропадање. Нестајање. Косовска Митровица, (јул 2025.) #documentaryphotography #ivanmaksimovic #blackandwhite
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An anticlimax before the trauma What happened here is one of those moments that always catch us by surprise in everyday life. A boy, around 8 or 9 years old, had put on a superhero costume and acted in front of the camera as if he truly was one. Just a few minutes later⬇️
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Just a few minutes later he was aggressively chased by another dog - nearly as tall as he was. A child of that age would hardly be able to outrun such a dog, it can be assumed the dog didn’t actually intend to bite him - but that’s certainly not how it looked. ⬇️
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And yet, just ten minutes later, the boy pulled himself together, placed the mask back over his eyes, and - with the same superhero stance - resumed posing. He clearly showed psychological strength far greater than physical - just like true superheroes do. instagram.com/ivan_maksimovi…

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Intuition understands the pulse of time even before the artist can articulate it. Around the world, the “spirit of a new documentary” is rising - a blend of document, form, and poetry. That’s what my intuition says. :) Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia, junе 2025.
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Интуиција разуме захтеве времена и пре него што их уметник свесно схвати. Глобално је у напону „нови документарни дух" — документ форма поезија. Интуиција ми то каже :) Косовка Митровица, јун 2025. #StreetPhotography #ivanmaksimovic #UrbanPoetry #VisualNarrative
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Life in the Frame: A Future in the Shadow of the Past These images of children playing with replica weapons are more than childhood moments – they reflect the harsh reality of northern Kosovo, where the past never truly ends. #Photography #Kosovo #WarAndPeace #ChildrenOfConflict
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These photographs document a reality where children’s play takes on a serious dimension. Young boys, wielding replica weapons, echo the lingering traumas of war that affect their childhood and shape their perceptions of the future. #FutureAtRisk #TheCostOfWar #RealityOfWar
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