This is the 7th edition of our New Talents Contest. As in previous years, we have endeavoured to assemble a highly eclectic jury team, consisting of five members:
• Dušan Kochol – Founder, director, and curator of the contemporary photography festival OFF Bratislava
(established in 2010) and the contemporary photography gallery FOG Bratislava (established in 2020).
• Isabel Lázaro – Art historian and cultural manager, director and founder of Art Photo Bcn, a photography festival and fair in Barcelona.
• Jelena Janković – Photographer and visual artist from Belgrade with a strong creative vision. Since 2023, she has been the programme director of the Sarajevo Photography Festival.
• Simone Azzoni – Art critic and lecturer in History of Contemporary Art at IUSVE. He teaches Visual Arts Aesthetics at the Santa Giulia Academy of Fine Arts and Critical Reading of the Image and History of Art at the Palladio Institute of Design. He is also the founder and artistic director of Grenze – Arsenali Fotografici.
• Špela Pipan – Curator and project manager at Photon Gallery (Ljubljana, Vienna), specialising in modern and contemporary photography.
The jury faced the challenging task of selecting the three best projects, as well as the best local project, from among the 55 submissions that met the contest criteria. Nearly 55% of the proposals were submitted by women and 45% by men, with applications coming from 26 different countries. The countries with the highest number of submissions were Russia (21%), Serbia (7%), and China (7%)
Postconflict time does not bring complete peace. It carries silence, but also the indelible traces of conflict— in space, in bodies, in memory. In that fragile moment between past and future, photographers find both inspiration and responsibility. For the seventh year, we are organizing our Young Talents competition, and this time, through photography, we search for and explore the question of post-conflict.
Young authors turn to what remains—silence, trauma, and attempts at renewal. Their approach is both artistic and investigative: they combine personal narratives, collective memory, and contemporary visual language to portray the complexity of life after conflict.
While some explore themes of familial and collective memory through abandoned spaces and archival materials, others use the landscape as a silent witness to history. Some depict the everyday lives marked by the invisible legacy of violence, while others examine broader social conflicts and injustices that go beyond the traditional understanding of war.
Their photographs are not merely images of the past, but attempts at connection—between people, time, and space. Through their work, post-conflict is not seen as an end, but as an ongoing process of learning, understanding, and healing.
In a world that so easily forgets, young photographers remind us how important it is to look back—not to remain in the past, but to truly understand it. And that art can be both an act of remembrance and an act of hope.
Ana Šćepanović
EMANUEL CONSTANTINO
Emanuel Constantino (2002) is an independent photographer from Portugal, currently based in Porto. He holds a degree in Photography from the School of Media Arts and Design at P.Porto and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Cinema and Photography, specialising in Photography, at the same
institution. Emanuel is drawn to the practical process of analogue photography and the unpredictability of its results. His main research and artistic focus lies at the intersection of documentary and fiction, exploring the point where one transitions into the other. He also engages with vernacular and archival photography,
often integrating these elements into his projects. Emanuel has regularly presented his work in exhibitions and presentations, won CEFT’s Open Call Photography and Territory, was selected for the 2nd IPMA Festival, and has been nominated as a new talent for FUTURES 2025 by Bienal Fotografia do Porto.
emanuelconstantino.com • @econstantinoo
We want to thank the Embassy of Portugal in Belgrade and Instituto Camões for their continued support for BPM and photography, and especially for making it possible for Emanuel to be in Belgrade.
LUUK VAN RAAMSDONK
Luuk van Raamsdonk (2001) is a lens-based artist and researcher based in Breda, Netherlands. He graduated from St. Joost School of Arts & Design in 2024 with a BA in Photography. Luuk’s work seeks to uncover and understand the mysteries of the world around him, using lens-based media as a tool for investigation, questioning, and deconstruction. He combines the historical and archival qualities of photography with a contemporary approach.
Themes of (family) history, identity, trauma, and the human-nature relationship frequently appear in his practice, which he translates into deeply personal, long-term projects characterised by multidisciplinary installations and black-and-white imagery. His practice is rooted in research, driven by curiosity and experimentation, as he constantly searches for new ways to question the known and visualise the unknown. He is also a member of COHEISA, an audio-visual artist collective based in Breda.
luukvanraamsdonk.com • @lvr.aka.shiro
We would like to thank the Embassy of the Netherlands in Belgrade for supporting BPM, photography, and especially for making it possible for Luuk to be in Belgrade – this is not the first time, as they already supported a New Talents winner some years ago.
NAĐA REPMAN
Nađa Repman (2002) was born in Sombor, where she developed her love for the arts early on, completing both elementary and music school before graduating from high school. She has since focused on video and photography, earning a degree in Cinematography from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in 2024
and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Photography. During her studies, Nađa participated in the Erasmus+ student exchange programme, spending a semester at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. Her work explores the delicate nature of space, identity, and borders—both physical and those shaped by
time and memory. Borders divide landscapes and create complex layers of history, yet they also hold the potential for quiet transformation. Through a blend of documentary and artistic techniques, she captures traces of what was, what remains, and what continues to evolve. Her work invites reflection on how borders remain active and are still defined by past conflicts, even as violence and tension subside.
@nadja.repman
STANISŁAW ŚWITAŁA
Stanisław Świtała (2002) is a graphic artist studying at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in
Wrocław, at the Faculty of Graphic Arts. Working in the intaglio studio under Professor Przemysław Tyszkiewicz
and Agata Gertchen, they focus on etching techniques and drawing. Their graphic works incorporate abstract
motifs, creating visual depth in their images. They are also involved in documentary photography and poster
design, receiving a distinction in this year’s AMS competition.
stanislawswitala.com
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