About
Vanja Čerimagić is a documentary photographer and videographer based in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
For more than a decade, he has been completing assignments for a wide variety of clients by portraying their values and telling stories through images. His work has been recognised by a wide range of corporate clients, development organizations, government institutions, NGOs and art festivals.
He regularly collaborates with some of his clients and has been working for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the past decade. Clients he has worked with so far include international development organizations such as EUIC, UNHCR, UN Women and UNESCO.
Along with his documentary work, he is passionately devoted to concert and performing arts photography.
Education
2024. VII Foundation workshop on Large-Format Photography and Sustainability with Eric Bouvet
2022. VII Academy scholarship for Narrative and Documentary Practice with Dr. Paul Lowe, Ziyah Gafić, Christopher Morris, Ron Haviv, Marko Risović, Marko Drobnjaković
2021. Workshop on Art and Remembrance with Ziyah Gafić
2021. Workshop on Photojournalism with Enrico Dagnino
2019. VII in Sarajevo: Festival of the Image
2015. National Geographic YourShotMeetUp with Stephanie Sinclair
2013. Foundry Photojournalism Workshops
2013. Fotosofia
2012. Sarajevo Photo Marathon, 1st prize
2012. Little School of Photography
Solo Exhibition
April 2022. Ghosts of Sarajevo, History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mash print 6,7×5 meters on the front of the building of the History Museum of BiH
SELECTED CLIENTS
- Academy for Women
- Academy of Music in Sarajevo
- Authority Partners
- Balkan Investigative Reporting Network – BIRN
- Bookstan
- Buybook
- Centre André Malraux
- Centre for Policy and Governance – CPU
- City of Sarajevo
- Civil Society Promotion Center – CSPC
- Creative Europe
- Cyber Security Excellence Centre – CSEC
- Delegation of the European Union – EUD
- Education builds BiH
- Embassy of Austria
- Embassy of Brazil
- Embassy of India
- Embassy of Italy
- Embassy of Switzerland
- Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
- Emmaus International
- EU Info Centre – EUIC
- European Network Remembrance and Solidarity – ENRS
- Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst – forumZFD e. V.
- Fund for Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities
- GlobalFact
- Goethe-Institut Sarajevo
- Gramofon
- Info Studio
- Institute for Islamic Tradition of Bosniaks
- Jazz Fest Sarajevo
- Kolektiv
- Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ministry of Economy of the Sarajevo Canton
- Mostar Summer Fest
- Musicological Society of FBiH
- Nahla
- NARKO-NE
- Network for Building Peace
- NGO Marathon Sarajevo
- Point Conference
- Posao.ba
- Pravo Ljudski Film Festival
- ProReha
- Sarajevo Chamber Music Festival
- Sarajevo International Guitar Festival
- Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sonemus Fest
- Sumero
- Technical Assistance to Civil Society Organisations – TACSO
- United Nations Development Programme – UNDP
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – UNESCO
- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – UN Women
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – UNHCR
- United Nations Population Fund – UNFPA
- United States Agency for International Development – USAID
- University of Sarajevo
- Westminster Foundation for Democracy – WFD
- WH International Services GmbH
- Youth Initiative for Human Rights – YIHR
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