Graduated from a
comprehensive school. He has been working in the field of photography since
1954. He has been a member of the SULUJ since 1960; Master of photography FAY
since 1967; holder of international awards: Artist FIAP* (Afiap) 1967, the
Excellence FIAP (Efiap) 1973. He started his pursuit of journalist photography
in the ”Svetlost” publishing house (Kragujevac), then he moved to Belgrade and
continued his activities in ”Borba”, ”Sport and world”, ”Mladost”, ”Yugoslav
review”, and ”Economical policy”. From 1970 until the retirement, he was the
editor of photography in the “NIN” magazine. During that period he published
his photographs on over 700 covers of this important political magazine. At the
same time, alongside his work in the photo-journalism, he worked in the field
of applied, advertising, fashion and underwater photography. He is a member of
ULUPUDS* and the Journalists Association of Yugoslavia and Serbia. In
cooperation with the Yugoslav institute for journalism, in 1995 he initiated a
training course for news-reporters, and, as the department mentor, he educated
over 300 young people, most of whom are important figures in the field of
newspaper photography. From 1980, he worked in the field of underwater
photography. He recorded at the coast of the Adriatic, the Caribbean, the
Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea. From 1993, he worked as a solo artist. He made
photographs for various newspapers around the world. He was a correspondent at
the Yugoslav Ministry of Information accredited by important photo agencies:
Reuters, East light, Contrast, UNICEF, and for the past eight years he has been
reporting for the Corbis-Sygma agency from Paris. He lives and works in
Belgrade. website
All images ⓒ Tomislav
Peternek
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