Boogie (born Vladimir Milivojevich; 1969) is a photographer from
Serbia
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, based in Brooklyn, New York.
He has made documentary and portrait photographs of people on the margins of society
and
street photography
Street photography is photography conducted for art or inquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within Public space, public places. It usually has the aim of capturing images at a decisive or poignant moment by caref ...
.
Life and work
Boogie was born and raised in
Belgrade
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, Serbia. In 1997 he was granted a
Green card
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for
United States lawful permanent residency through its
Diversity Immigrant Visa
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lottery program.
He moved to New York City in 1998 and is based in Brooklyn.
His first book, ''It's All Good'', was one of five finalists (not winner) for Best Photography Book of 2006 at the Santa Fe Prize for Photography.
[At the time of the competition in 2006, ''It's All Good'' was instead called ''In the Projects.''] His work has been published in ''The New York Times'',
''Time,''
''The Huffington Post''
and ''Huck''.
His work was shown on the HBO show ''How To Make It in America'' and he was featured in
Cheryl Dunn
Cheryl Dunn is an American documentary filmmaker and photographer. She has made two feature films, ''Everybody Street'' (2013) and ''Moments Like This Never Last'' (2020). She has had three books of photographs published: ''Bicycle Gangs of New Y ...
's ''Everybody Street'' (2013) documentary film along with other photographers who have used New York City streets as a major subject in their work. In 2009
Altamont Apparel had a range of t-shirts with Boogie's photographs screen-printed onto them.
Publications
* ''It's All Good.'' Brooklyn, NY:
Miss Rosen /
powerHouse, 2006.
* ''Boogie.'' Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse, 2007. . Edition of 500 copies.
* ''Sao Paulo''. San Francisco, CA: Gingko / Upper Playground, 2008.
* ''Istanbul: Photographs by Boogie.'' San Francisco, CA: Upper Playground, 2008.
* ''Belgrade Belongs to Me.'' Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse, 2009. . A compilation of work over 15 years.
* ''A Wah Do Dem''. Rome:
Drago, 2015. .
* ''Persona Non Grata: Photographs by Boogie''. Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse, 2022. With an introduction by
Tracy Quan. .
Exhibitions
* 2007:
Paris Photo
Paris Photo is an annual international art fair dedicated to photography. It was founded in 1997, and is held in November at the Grand Palais exhibition hall and museum complex, located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement in Pari ...
, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris.
* 2008:
Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known as Colette or Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a Mime artist, mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaki ...
, Paris. Featured photographs from ''Boogie''.
* 2008: ''Boogie'', Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris. Featured photographs from ''Boogie''.
* 2009: ''Boogie. 5 Days'', AvantGarden Gallery, Milan. Photographs of Milan taken over five days.
* 2009: ''When Crooks Roam the Streets,'' Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris.
* 2009/2010: ''Noli Me Tangere = Do Not Touch Me,'' Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris.
With Joey Haley, Bili Bidjocka, Eric Pougeau, Chen Chieh-Jen,
Martial Raysse
Martial Raysse (born 12 February 1936) is a French artist and actor. He lives in Issigeac, France. He holds the record for the most expensive work sold by a living French artist.
Biography
Raysse was born in a ceramicist family in Vallauris and ...
, Elodie Lesourd and Lionel Scoccimaro.
* 2010: ''The Best of Times'', basement gallery,
Altamont Apparel, New York, NY. Solo exhibition. 700 new and old photographs.
* 2010: ''The Uncovering'', Carmichael Gallery, Culver City, CA. Solo exhibition of new black-and-white and colour photographs.
* 2016: ''Blow Your Mind'', Magazzini Fotografici, Naples. Solo exhibition including photographs from ''A Wah Do Dem.''
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1969 births
Photographers from Belgrade
Living people
Street photographers
Documentary photographers
American portrait photographers
Serbian expatriates in the United States