Shooterama Street photography in the Balkans

You play the guitar on the MTV

In a hotel room in Athens, one of the most instantly-recognisable music videos. Travel experiences are often ‘complemented’ by the familiar minutiae of pop culture.

Is this what you wanted

A couple of more photos from the Hotel Zvezda, Vrnjačka Banja.

I haven’t really much to say about them, other than they feel a bit haunted, which was what I was after.

That’s entertainment

The Jam’s That’s Entertainment pretty much encapsulates life in Belgrade. Police cars, pneumatic drills, stray dogs howling, the screech of brakes… and that’s only the first verse. In fact I enjoy the chaos, especially because like Jarvis Cocker’s tourist, it’s all such a laugh. And good to photograph.
The bit of That’s Entertainment which has […]

I saw the sign

Serbia’s just full of this sort of thing: macabre nods to misfortune.
Attitudes to death are a little strange in Serbia. Walk around a graveyard and you’ll spot not only flowers and candles, but bunches of grapes, coffee, rakija, bottles of beer… all for the deceased. Accompanied by the odd visiting mourner speaking aloud to […]