- Level
- Mid Level
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Availability
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About me
Jovana Mladenovic (1991), from Nis, is a photography graduate from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Serbia and in 2017 she graduated from the University of Arts, London and received a Master's degree in Fashion Photography. Her academic background from UAL provides her with an excellent knowledge of both art and fashion. She is an award winning photographer with a number of international publications. Recently she won a gold star award at the ND photography competition in the Portrait category and has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions across Serbia and Europe. Jovana's work now explores brutalist architecture combined with contemporary dance movements. Her project “Monumental Fear ” is where she wanted to bring to life a part of history that seems forgotten, especially amongst the younger generation of people in Ex Yugoslavia, and along the way, inform people of such a turbulent time in her countries history. Exhibitions: “State of Existence” in London 2019, ReFoto exhibition “Femininity” in Belgrade 2019, Warsaw Photo Days exhibition for Grand Prix award 2017, CoBA ''Interruption'' in London 2017, Refoto exhibition "Life and Multimedia” in Belgrade 2017- Appreciation for the image "Monumental Fear: Inside the Monument", Group exhibition at Paris College of Arts with LCF photography students 2016, ReFoto exhibition "Movement” in Belgrade 2015, Group exhibition "Body as a proof" put together by Ivana Tomanovic, Belgrade 2015.
Locked Pro Plan featureSkills
- Fashion
- Visual Arts
- Photoshop
- Photography
- 120 Film
- 35mm Film Photography
- Art Directon
- Pre Visualisation
- Creative Direction
- Lighting
People I’ve worked with
Gergana Popova
- Cinematographer / DOP
- Freelance
Companies I’ve worked with
Work history
Currently
In House Photographer
KTZ
- London, United Kingdom
- Freelance
In-house Photographer & Photo editor - London, UK (Jan 2018 - March 2019) Organised and produced fashion and advertorial photoshoots. Created and edited imagery to maintain the brand aesthetic and identity. Facilitated collaborations with agencies and magazines. Created e-commerce and product photography on a regular basis, including photographing archive pieces. Conceptualised the advertorial “Rebellious Boy” for online magazine FGUK, including photography, photo editing, model casting and location scouting. Collaborated with the stylist Ivan Bontchev on the campaign "Parallel Realities" (available upon request).
2019
Studio Photographer
Elle magazine
- Belgrade, Serbia
- Freelance
Style 360 Portrait Photoshoot and photo editing, commissioned work for Elle Magazine’s print issue.
2019
Editorial Photographer
Harper's Bazaar Serbia
- Serbia
- Freelance
Harper’s Bazaar Editorial Photographer & Creative Director - Freelance - Belgrade, Serbia (2019) Created and photographed three editorials for Harper’s Bazaar in 2019, all printed and commissioned by the magazine. Work included visual conceptualisation, art direction, photographing, lighting, model coordinating, and photo editing. Selected contributions Harper’s Bazaar, editorial "Must haves", 8 page print. Harper’s Bazaar, still-life studio shoot "Details", 4 page print. Harper’s Bazaar, studio shoot “Freedom”, 8 page print.
2019
Photographer
Esquire Serbia
- Serbia
- Freelance
Creative Director, Editorial & Studio Photographer - Freelance - Belgrade, Serbia (2019) Conceptualised, art directed, photographed, lit, coordinated models, and edited the advertorial “Style”, printed across 11 pages. Commissioned by Esquire Magazine. Creative Director & Studio Photographer - Freelance - Belgrade, Serbia (2018) Created and photographed two editorials for Esquire Magazine in 2018. All printed and commissioned by Esquire Magazine, shot at magazine’s studios. Work included photographing and editing, creating the concepts, art directing, studio lighting, model coordination, and still-life set design. Selected contributions Esquire Magazine, editorial “Style”, 11 page print. Esquire Magazine, still-life studio shoot "Details", 8 page print.
2016
Fashion Photographer
Underated
- London, United Kingdom
- Internship
Underated London Co Campaign & Editorial Photographer - London, UK (Nov 2015 - Sept 2016) Co-created campaigns and advertorials with the creative director of the company. Produced and edited lookbooks for three collections over the span of the employment. Worked with the creative team to deliver high quality visuals for print catalogues and digital platforms. Across many projects I was responsible for model search and casting, moodboarding, location scouting. Implemented quality and lightning improvements across all categories (lookbook, editorial, street style) and designed a unified structure. Selected contributions as photographer: Underated campaign F/W 2015, Published on HYPEBEAST, Underated Lookbook S/S 2016 Underated colab w/ Sherlina Nyame Underated colab w/ Jacob Banks Collected work for Underated, incl. working with Charley Van Purpz
Education
2017
Fashion Photography
London College of Fashion, UAL
- London, United Kingdom
Activities and Societies: Group exhibition at Paris School of Arts, Two weeks to New York and lectures at School of Visual Arts MA Fashion Photography relates directly to its philosophy and structure and remains based essentially on practice, as opposed to theory. The course explores the rhetoric of fashion photographic production and contextualises theory and practice within fine art, popular culture and mass media.
2014
Photography
Faculty of applied arts
- Serbia
-Recipient of the "Young and creative Chevrolet " 3rd place Academic Award. -Participated in IV World Biennial with a featured photo in the group exhibition. The course is to help students to master the control of the creation of photography as a form of artistic expression. Besides the basics of graphic design, the courses has: Creative and studio photography, Typography, Lettering, Poster, Books Graphics, Development of the photographic medium courses are added to the list of courses.
Awards
2016
1st Place People: Portrait – Non-Professional
ND Awards
ND is annual prestigious photography awards. Categories are in two sections: Professional and Non-Professional. Winners of each subcategory will be awarded with: Gold Star, Silver Star and Bronze Star awards. The project 'Fear of Silence' won Gold star Award in Portrait – Non-Professional category.