Welcome!
Armin Smailovic - Photographer -
in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009).
July-31-2010 - Armin is on assignment in Sarajevo.(+38761048715)

PORTRAIT UPDATE!
Mirko Borsche - Art Director.
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SERIES/REPORTAGE UPDATE!
A journey through Bombay, seeing dogs and horses at various places and conditions. Photo: Horse at Taj Mahal Hotel©Armin Smailovic
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SERIES/REPORTAGE UPDATE!
Kalba Devi Market is one of the biggest trade areas of Bombay.
Day by day various goods are transported mostly by manpower. Photo: Scene at Kalba Devi Market©Armin Smailovic
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PORTRAIT UPDATE!
Christian Ulmen for german Playboy.
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AWARD! NEWS!
Armin wins silver medal in the category "Best reportage of the year" at LEAD AWARD 2010, Hamburg.
read more >>> www.leadacademy.de

EDITORIAL UPDATE!
Thomas Hitzlsperger for 11freunde- Magazine.
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EDITORIAL UPDATE!
A fashion portrait of Jan Josef Liefers.
For the german Playboy.
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PORTRAIT UPDATE!
Lewis Hamilton with the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
For L´UOMO VOGUE.
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THANK YOU!
My friend photographer Peter Langer finished his 1999-2009 online project, documenting Berlin´s life with street, portrait, reportage, still and landscape photography.
With more than 3900 images, single shots were added day by day,
this is one of best works on Berlin since.
click here >>> www.peterlanger.de

1928- 2010
In Memoriam: Dennis Stock

>>> www.magnumphotos.com

EDITORIAL UPDATE!
A fashion portrait of Mads Mikkelsen.
For the german Playboy.
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SERIES/REPORTAGE UPDATE!
Sleeping men.
Two new photos from Mumbai!
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WORKSHOP! Bombay, India.
"The promised city"- workshop is organized for a limited number of professional photographers. From November-16th-2009 till December-10-2009, indian young professionals will work on the "Promised city"- projekt, initialized by the Warsaw Goethe Institute and the Mumbai Max Mueller Bhavan.
The condition of fortune seekers to the metropolis of Bombay will be photographicaly researched and become a part of the whole "Promised city"- project taking place also in Berlin and Warsaw.
Within the workshop Armin will discuss the three photographic pillar system of approaching, editing and finishing a photographic project. Through the selection and discussion of their own work, the participants will work towards advance their own photographic style. Photo: Bombay from above©Armin Smailovic
click here >>> www.promised-city.org

FESTIVAL!
Armin reading the story "Srebrenica- I counted my remaining life in seconds" at the opening of his exhibition and the BALKAN ART - Festival, Bielefeld, Germany.(16-October-2009) "...Mit dem ersten BalkanArt-Festival wollen wir einen besonderen Blick auf die Kultur eines Landes werfen, das Anfang der 90er Jahre mit einem brutalen Krieg konfrontiert wurde und seit dem mit den Folgen der Zerstörung, politischer Instabilität und Flüchtlingsströmen zu kämpfen hat.
In dieser politischen Realität ist eine Kulturszene entstanden, die sich auf der einen Seite direkt mit den Folgen des Krieges auseinander setzt, auf der anderen Seite vollkommen im Einklang mit zeitgenössischen Strömungen der globalen Kunstszene steht..."
read more >>> www.balkan-art.de

AWARD! NEWS!!
Armin recieved the "FotoDoks" award for his work "Srebrenica- I counted my remaining life in seconds", September-27-2009, Bad Aibling, Germany
read more >>> www.photopresse.de

EXIHIBITION! The "FotoDoks" is part of the "NONFIKTIONALE"- documentary film festival taking place in Bad Aibling, Germany.
Film meets photography for the same matter- to document.
The group exhibition themed "Echt-Zeit" ("Real-Time") accompanies the festival from september 24th-27th in the Gallery of the Kunstverein Bad Aibling.
Armin will show his recent work of a man, who survived the killing fields of Srebrenica in 1995, titled "Srebrenica- I counted my remaining life in seconds".
read more >>> www.nonfiktionale.de
see more >>> www.zeit.de

"24H BERLIN"
EXIHIBITION! BOOK RELEASE!! Cover Photo: Armin Smailovic

On September-05-2008 80 camera teams and 36 photographers were out on the town of Berlin for 24 hours to accompany the life of the city documentary.
The produced film will have its premiere on Sep-05-2009 (starts 6 a.m.) and is to be seen at different places of the city and on TV channel ARTE (FR/GER).
Next to the film a book with 544 pages is produced (Steidl/24.-€) and will be released on September-05-2009 in Berlin.
Exhibition: C/O Gallery Berlin on September-05-2009
Adress: Oranienburger Strasse 35-36, Berlin, Germany
Doors open: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
read more >>> www.co-berlin.de
buy book here >>> www.steidl.de

EXIHIBITION! Photos: Thalia portraits©Armin Smailovic

On September 3rd is the restart of the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg for the new 2009/2010 season.
Parallel to the "2BEORNOT2BE- the city on stage" project
by director Luc Perceval, Armin is openening his exihibition of
44 photographs made early this year of the new ensemble.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Vernissage at 6.30 p.m.
"2BEORNOT2BE" at 7 p.m.
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read more >>> www.thalia-theater.de

EDITORIAL UPDATE! Bosnia and Herzegovina - July 1995.
In the massacre of Srebrenica more than 8000 men were murdered.
Bosnia and Herzegovina - July 2009.
This is the story of one man, who survived the killing fields.
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read more - click here >>> www.zeitmagazin.de

EDITORIAL UPDATE! This is the online version of DIE ZEITmagazine´s printed issue.
See the extended version with 21 photographs.
click here >>> www.zeit.de

PORTRAIT UPDATE! Photo: Portrait of Volker Bruch©Armin Smailovic

A series of 11 portraits were made for a charity evening in Munich.
Footballer Philipp Lahm as well as actor Volker Bruch (Photo) and nine more men were photographed.
The works will be sold at an auction to support the children project of "Arche e.V. Munich". All photographs, in a limited edition of five and a smaller size, can be ordered online (see link below).
Media Spa Munich organized this wonderfull event. Thank you!!
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buy, help and read more >>> Media Spa - Help
read more about the project >>> "Arche München e.V."

EDITORIAL UPDATE!
Photo: Portrait of Andre Szymanski©Armin Smailovic

Thalia Theatre Hamburg.
Campaign for the restart on September 3rd 2009.
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PEACE!
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"PARADA MIRA SVIH GRAĐANA BIVŠIH REPUBLIKA SFRJ!!"
("Peaceparade of all citizens of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia") on Facebook.
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