Boogie (photographer)
{{Short description|Serbian photographer}}
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| birth_name = Vladimir Milivojevich
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1969}}
| birth_place = Belgrade, Serbia
| nationality = Serbian
| field = Photography
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|website = {{URL|www.artcoup.com}}
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Boogie (born Vladimir Milivojevich; 1969) is a photographer from Serbia, based in Brooklyn, New York.{{cite web|url = http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/showcase-51/ | date = 15 September 2009 | access-date = 21 April 2014 | last = Vourloumis | first = Eirini | work = The New York Times | title = Showcase: His Camera, His Self}}{{cite magazine|url = https://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1879278,00.html | date = 12 February 2009 | access-date = 21 April 2014 | magazine = Time | title = A Serbian Photographer's Memories of Belgrade}} He has made documentary and portrait photographs of people on the margins of society{{cite web | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/09/photographer-returns-to-serbian-home_n_1140303.html | date = 9 December 2011 | access-date = 21 April 2014 | last = Reilly | first = Andrew | work = HuffPost | title = Photographer Captures His Gritty Serbian Home (PHOTOS)}} and street photography.{{cite web | url = http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/print/huck-magazine/huck-43-street-photography-boogie/ | access-date = 21 April 2014 | work = Huck | title = Huck 43 – Street Photography with Boogie}}{{cite web | url = https://blakeandrews.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/400-street-photo-books.html | date = 29 October 2016 | access-date = 6 March 2017 | author = Blake Andrews | title = 400 Street Photo Books}}
Life and work
Boogie was born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia.{{cite web|access-date=2021-01-28|title=The man who could make us humans: a conversation with Boogie|url=https://www.c41magazine.com/stories/man-make-us-humans-conversation-boogie/|website=C41}} In 1997 he was granted a Green card for United States lawful permanent residency through its Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery program. He moved to New York City in 1998 and is based in Brooklyn.
His first book, It's All Good, was one of five finalists (not winner) for Best Photography Book of 2006 at the Santa Fe Prize for Photography.At the time of the competition in 2006, It's All Good was instead called In the Projects.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}} His work has been published in The New York Times, Time, The Huffington Post and Huck. His work was shown on the HBO show How To Make It in America{{Cite web |url=https://www.hbo.com/how-to-make-it-in-america |title=How to Make It in America |access-date=22 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114135442/https://www.hbo.com/how-to-make-it-in-america |archive-date=14 November 2015 |url-status=live}} and he was featured in Cheryl Dunn's Everybody Street (2013) documentary film along with other photographers who have used New York City streets as a major subject in their work.{{cite web|url = http://everybodystreet.com/cast | access-date = 21 April 2014 | publisher = Alldayeveryday | title = Cast}} In 2009 Altamont Apparel had a range of t-shirts with Boogie's photographs screen-printed onto them.{{cite web | url = http://www.blacksheepnc.com/02/07/2009/boogie-for-altamont-apparel/ | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140422194709/http://www.blacksheepnc.com/02/07/2009/boogie-for-altamont-apparel/%23.U1bEpRBlY0o | url-status = dead | archive-date = 22 April 2014 | date = 7 February 2009 | access-date = 22 April 2014 | publisher = Black Sheep | title = Boogie for Altamont Apparel | quote = The Boogie photo series: Crack Gun, Good Rat, and Solo Pitbull. 100% cotton ringspun 20 singles t-shirt with screen-print and just normal fit. }}
Publications
- It's All Good. Brooklyn, NY: Miss Rosen / powerHouse, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1576873380}}
- Boogie. Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse, 2007. {{ISBN|978-1576874127}}. Edition of 500 copies.
- Sao Paulo. San Francisco, CA: Gingko / Upper Playground, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0979086274}}
- Istanbul: Photographs by Boogie. San Francisco, CA: Upper Playground, 2008. {{ISBN|978-1934991022}}
- Belgrade Belongs to Me. Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse, 2009. {{ISBN|978-1576874653}}. A compilation of work over 15 years.
- A Wah Do Dem. Rome: Drago, 2015. {{ISBN|978-8898565139}}.
- Persona Non Grata: Photographs by Boogie. Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse, 2022. With an introduction by Tracy Quan. {{ISBN|9781648230011}}.
Exhibitions
- 2007: Paris Photo, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris.{{cite web | url = http://www.galerieolivierrobert.com/upload/PDF/DAsiteboogie.pdf | access-date = 21 April 2014 | publisher = Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris | title = Boogie }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- 2008: Colette, Paris. Featured photographs from Boogie.{{cite web | url = http://media.xlr8r.com/news/2008/01/boogie-preps-limited-edition-boo | date = 8 January 2008 | access-date = 21 April 2014 | publisher = XLR8R | title = Boogie Preps Limited-Edition Book, Paris Exhibitions | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140421081245/http://media.xlr8r.com/news/2008/01/boogie-preps-limited-edition-boo | archive-date = 21 April 2014 }}
- 2008: Boogie, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris. Featured photographs from Boogie.
- 2009: Boogie. 5 Days, AvantGarden Gallery, Milan. Photographs of Milan taken over five days.{{cite web|url = http://www.avantgardengallery.com/boogie-5-days/ | access-date = 3 March 2015 | first = Davide | last = Giannella | publisher = AvantGarden Gallery | title = Avantgarden Gallery – Boogie| date = 5 February 2009 }}
- 2009: When Crooks Roam the Streets, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris.
- 2009/2010: Noli Me Tangere = Do Not Touch Me, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris. With Joey Haley, Bili Bidjocka, Eric Pougeau, Chen Chieh-Jen, Martial Raysse, Elodie Lesourd and Lionel Scoccimaro.
- 2010: The Best of Times, basement gallery, Altamont Apparel, New York, NY. Solo exhibition. 700 new and old photographs.{{cite web | url = http://altamontapparel.com/articles/2009/05/01/the-best-of-times-gallery/ | date = 2 May 2009 | access-date = 22 April 2014 | publisher = Altamont Apparel | title = The Best of Times Gallery | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190059/http://altamontapparel.com/articles/2009/05/01/the-best-of-times-gallery/ | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}
- 2010: The Uncovering, Carmichael Gallery, Culver City, CA. Solo exhibition of new black-and-white and colour photographs.{{cite web | url = http://www.carmichaelgallery.com/shows/july102010.html | access-date = 22 April 2014 | publisher = Carmichael Gallery | title = The Uncovering: new photography by Boogie | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120808043736/http://www.carmichaelgallery.com/shows/july102010.html | archive-date = 8 August 2012 }}{{cite web|url = http://hypebeast.com/2010/7/boogie-uncovering-exhibition-recap | date = 15 July 2010 | access-date = 22 April 2014 | publisher = HypeBeast | title = Boogie 'The Uncovering' Exhibition}}
- 2016: Blow Your Mind, Magazzini Fotografici, Naples. Solo exhibition including photographs from A Wah Do Dem.{{Cite web|url=http://www.magazzinifotografici.it/boogie-_blow-your-mind_/|title=Boogie _Blow Your Mind_Save The date_1Dicembre _the show {{!}} Magazzini Fotografici|website=Magazzini Fotografici|date=12 November 2016 |access-date=9 December 2016}}
Notes
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External links
- {{Official website|www.artcoup.com}}
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Category:Photographers from Belgrade
Category:Documentary photographers