Centar za razvoj fotografije je nevladina neprofitna organizacija osnovana sa misijom da obezbedi ostvarivanje uslova za pun i nesmetan razvoj fotografije i podizanje nivoa vizuelne kulture. Ideja Centra za razvoj fotografije je da služi kao informacioni i komunikacioni servis koji će da koordiniše sve aktivnosti u oblasti fotografije radi ostvarenja njenog punog potencijala u Srbiji i regionu.
Ciljevi Centra za razvoj fotografije su:
• Unapređivanje kvaliteta edukacije o fotografiji što podrazumeva profesionalizaciju budućih fotografa, opismenjavanje fotografske publike i približavanje osnovnih znanja profesionalcima koji prate fotografiju (novinari, kritičari, kustosi i istoričari umetnosti)
• Obogaćivanje fonda literature o fotografiji na srpskom jeziku
• Pružanje podrške neafirmisanim autorima i pronalaženje inovativnih i društveno odgovornih načina primene fotografije
• Uspostavljanje i obezbeđivanje uslova za funkcionalno tržište fotografije
• Regulacija zakonskih propisa o kulturi i fotografiji kako bi se institucionalno ustanovili standardi za rad u oblasti fotografije
• Promocija zaštite autorskih prava kao jedne od osnovnih civilizacijskih tekovina
• Umrežavanje sa srodnim organizacijama na regionalnom nivou kako bi bila olakšana produkcija kvalitetnih i održivih programa i projekata
Ciljne grupe Centra za razvoj fotografije su:
• medijski, umetnički i amaterski fotografi
• umetnička udruženja
• institucije i drugi akteri u oblasti kulture
• mladi i obrazovne institucije
• mediji
Osnivači Centra za razvoj fotografije su profesionalni fotografi, menadžeri u kulturi, istoričari umetnosti, dizajneri i novinari koji su svesni neophodnosti povezanog delovanja, rešeni da rade na uređenju fotografske scene. U rad Centra za razvoj fotografije uključeni su profesionalci iz različitih oblasti koji pomoću svog dugogodišnjeg iskustva doprinose ostvarenju ciljeva organizacije. Posvećeni smo povezivanju svih resursa na fotografskoj sceni Srbije.
Centar za razvoj fotografije ostvaruje ciljeve kroz organizovanje izložbi, edukativnih radionica, tribina i predavanja. Napisali smo amandman na Zakon o kulturi koji je usvojen 2009. godine, a kojim je fotografija definisana kao kulturna delatnost. To je, ujedno, bio prvi korak u procesu uređenja fotografske umetnosti.
Takođe, posvećeni smo oživljavanju foto sekcija u osnovnim školama kako bi mladi na vreme spoznali uticaj fotografije kao medija.
Naši dugoročni ciljevi obuhvataju formiranje kuće fotografije, koja bi objedinila galeriju i muzej fotografije i predstavljala instituciju u kojoj će na jednom mestu biti dostupne sve relevantne informacije o razvoju fotografije i savremenoj fotografskoj sceni u Srbiji.
Press Photo Srbija
Godišnja izložba fotografija koja obuhvata konkurs, žiriranje, nagrađivanje i izlaganje nagrađenih fotografija u većim gradovima Srbije kao i putovanje izložbe u inostranstvo Atina, Pariz... Projekat Press Photo Srbija postoji već 13. godina i razvio se u najznačajniji i najprestižniji događaj u ovoj oblasti, prati svetske trendove i integriše srpske fotografe na svetsko tržište fotografije. Ovaj projekat tradicionalno podržavaju Grad Beograd, Ministarstvo kulture, Ministarstvo spoljnih poslova i Kulturni centar Beograda.
Centar za razvoj fotografije
Kontakt osoba: Zvezdan Mančić
Danteova 58, 11000 Beograd
e: office@crf.rs
t: +381.63.399449, +381.11.2776324
w: www.crf.rs
Photography Development Center is a nongovernmental nonprofit organization founded with a mission to provide the conditions for undisturbed expansion of photography and raise of the level of visual culture. The idea of Photography Development Center is to serve as an information and communication service center which will coordinate all the activities in photography in order to utilize it’s full potential in Serbia and the Balkan region.
Goals of Photography Development Center are:
• enhancing the quality of photography education which includes professionalization of future photographers, cultivation of photography audience and basic training of professionals involved in photography promotion (journalists, critics, curators and art historians)
• increasing the photography literature fund in Serbian
• supporting new authors and finding innovative and socially responsible methods of photography use
• setting and maintaining conditions for functional photography market
• influencing law regulation in culture and photography in order to institutionalize work standards in photography
• proclaiming the respect of copyright as one of the foundations of modern civilization
• networking with similar organizations in the region in order to facilitate quality and sustainable projects and programmes
Photography is the most influential mean of expression which can through media significantly affect individuals and society as a whole. There is no ethical code for media photographers in Serbia which impedes work conditions in this profession. On the other side, we don’t have media educated audience which increases the possibilities of photography manipulation. Thus, it is very important to keep track and direct the development of photography in order to prevent its abuse.
Concurrently, photography is the leading form of expression in contemporary global art. Questioning and, at the same time, giving the answers to modern way of life, photography raises awareness and as well as aesthetic standards in wide audience.
Contrary to global trends, in Serbia there is no gallery exclusively dedicated to photography that has possibilities to display exhibitions compatible to modern standards.
Target groups of Photography Development Center are:
• media, art and amateur photographers
• art societies
• institutions and other subjects in culture
• young people and educational institutions
• media
Founders of Photography Development Center are professional photographers, cultural managers, art historians, designers and journalists who are, aware of necessity for interdisciplinary actions, determined to work in establishing photography scene.
Photography Development Center activities are also contributed by professionals in different area of expertise who commit to achieving goals of the organization.
We achieve our goals through organizing exhibitions, educational workshops, public debates and lectures. We have compiled the amendment for the Law on Culture in Republic of Serbia, adopted in 2009, that defines photography as one of the fields of culture. It was the first step in the process of regulation of photography art.
In the near future, we intend to organize public debates and research projects on ethical principles in media photograpy. The results of the debates and research would help in making the first ethical code for media photographers in Serbia. Also, we are dedicatetd to reviving photography sections in elementary schools so the young people would in at early age get familiar with the inflluences of photography as the medium.
Our long-term goals include forming the House of photography. Apart from Albania, Serbia is the only country in Europe that doesn’t have the museum of photography. The House of photography would incorporate the gallery and the museum of photography. It would be an institution with all the relevant information on development of photography and contemporary photography scene in Serbia.
Photography Development Center
Contact person: Zvezdan Mančić
Danteova 58, 11000 Beograd
e: office@crf.rs
t: +381.63.399449, +381.11.2776324
w: www.crf.rs