Yugoslavia: Photography


Figure 1.--This studio portrait was done with a postcard back. This was common for both snapshots and studio prints in the early-20th century. This one was taken in 1928. Notice the narrow white margin and unexposed bottom.

The history of Yugoslav photography is strongly oriented to the snapshot. This is because the country was not founded until after World War I. It was formaly founded a few years after the War (1923), but actually came into exitence, built around the Serbian monarchy a few years earlier. Thus there is no 19th century photogtaphic history. Of course there is a 19th century photographic history for Serbia and the other constituent Yugoslav provinces. For Yugoslavia itself we have basically a record of snapshots and studio portaits. Many of the pre-Wold War II photographs were done with postcard backs. This included both snapshots and studio portraits. We have found quite a number of Yugoslav photographs. We are not enirely sure that this is an accurate reflection of actual prevalence. A factor here is some active interet dealars. We see less activity in France and Italy. This affects our access to the photographic record. Yugoslavia is located south of Austria and much of the country was Austrian provinces. The photographic industry was strobnly inflenced by Germans. We note many photographic studios in what became Yugoslavia were opened and operated by Germans in the 19th century. This was the general pattern throughout Central and Eastern Europe. And even after Yugoslavia was formed, large numbers of studios continued to be operated by ethnic Germans.







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