Belgrade anti-lockdown protest
The anti-lockdown protests were triggered by the President's announcement on reintroducing curfew. This provoked dissatisfaction and anger with many citizens which culminated in July 2020 when outraged people poured out onto the streets and violent clashes with the police occurred in front of the Serbian Parliament. The cause of these protests was far deeper than just a reaction to yet another lockdown - it was rather a result of the accumulated citizens’ dissatisfaction with the long-term rule of the President Aleksandar Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party.
Belgrade, July 8-12, 2020.
Sanja Knezevic
Sanja Knežević started doing photography in high school when she made a darkroom in the basement of her home where she developed B&W films and photographs. In 2009 she graduated from photography at the Faculty of Applied Arts, University of Belgrade.
In her work she strives for socially engaged topics that concern freedom, justice, ecology and marginalised population.
Her work has been published by renomed newspapers and magazines and she has been collaborating with prominent organisations.
Sanja Knežević won several photo of the year awards in Serbia, including Grand Prix for 2019 and 2020.
In 2018 Sanja was selected to participate at the Festival Pil'Ours in France, being among 10 female documentary photographers from different parts of the world.
From 2020, Sanja is represented by laif agency and currently attending the VII Academy.
