Dragan Tanasijević

Tanasijević started his photography career in 1973, five years before opening his first public exhibitions in 1978. In 1980, he got qualification for instructor and educator of photography. He earned a membership in The Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia (ULUPUDS) in 1987. He was part of ULUPUDS as a president of the photography section from 12 October 1995 to 11 November 1997.

For the past 39 years he has participated in over 860 group exhibitions at home and abroad and received over 80 awards. In total there have been 56 solo exhibitions of his work. From 1994 until 2009, he dispersed over 100 photographic presentations – his most well-known presentation was of projection slides in color, on Mount Athos and the monastery Hilandar. Aside from exhibiting work, he has also helped design, coach, and been a jury member in different exhibitions across the world. Many of his works have become part of private and museum collections, both domestic and international.

Dragan Tanasijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган С. Танасијевић, born 26 April 1959 in Belgrade) is a prominent Serbian photographer who has received numerous awards. Some of his work includes portraits of royal families and religious leaders. His works are an integral part of private collections and museum galleries in Serbia and around the world. His photographs, apart from being a valuable glimpse into the lives of different famous people from the present, they also represent a specific artistic view of the portrayed individuals.