MAGIC 2008 and DIGITAL NATIVES 2018
MAGIC - 2008
These portraits of young Roma girls aged between 7 and 15 years were taken in gipsy suburbs of Belgrade, Serbia. Their appearance and their pose refer directly to fashion photos represented in magazines.
I chose this metaphor voluntarily to avoid the stereotypes about this ethnic minority showing bad life conditions, discrimination or their non-integration. The main aim of this project was to make the connection between these girls and artistic realization. They were asked to be photographed in the way they wanted to see themselves by choosing their clothes, background cloth, make up and accessories.
DIGITAL NATIVES-2018/2021
The title of this work is related to the determining factor, i.e., the generation of children born in the 21st century for whom the digital world of computers and high-speed Internet is the normal environment. Despite the precisely formulated conception of the work, these dignified portraits of children do not invoke an easily accessible explanation. These straightforward and direct photographs represent serious and thoughtful young people aged between 7 and 11. Behind the carefully arranged studio portraits of the young Parisians stands an unobtrusive but obvious photographic skill, as well as an awareness and knowledge of the historical formulations of the portrait image. Discreet lighting, unpretentious poses and calm expressions – they are the elements with which Pakić creates her photographs which, despite the abundance of similar photographic representations, attract unequivocal intellectual attention.
These portraits of young Roma girls aged between 7 and 15 years were taken in gipsy suburbs of Belgrade, Serbia. Their appearance and their pose refer directly to fashion photos represented in magazines.
I chose this metaphor voluntarily to avoid the stereotypes about this ethnic minority showing bad life conditions, discrimination or their non-integration. The main aim of this project was to make the connection between these girls and artistic realization. They were asked to be photographed in the way they wanted to see themselves by choosing their clothes, background cloth, make up and accessories.
DIGITAL NATIVES-2018/2021
The title of this work is related to the determining factor, i.e., the generation of children born in the 21st century for whom the digital world of computers and high-speed Internet is the normal environment. Despite the precisely formulated conception of the work, these dignified portraits of children do not invoke an easily accessible explanation. These straightforward and direct photographs represent serious and thoughtful young people aged between 7 and 11. Behind the carefully arranged studio portraits of the young Parisians stands an unobtrusive but obvious photographic skill, as well as an awareness and knowledge of the historical formulations of the portrait image. Discreet lighting, unpretentious poses and calm expressions – they are the elements with which Pakić creates her photographs which, despite the abundance of similar photographic representations, attract unequivocal intellectual attention.