photo by Daesung Lee
Marko Rupena is Serbian documentary photographer working for media, organisations and corporations. He is the member of Kamerades photo collective
Experience:
Staff photographer in daily newspaper "Glas javnosti" from 2003 till 2008
Staff photographer in Beta Press News agency from 2008 till 2013
Stringer for Xinhua News agency from 2009 till 2012
Member and founder of Kamerades photo collective from 2012
Stringer for magazine Vreme from 2015 to 2017
Stringer for Ministry of defense of Serbia from 2015
Staff photographer in Elevate magazine in 2015 and 2016
Currently working as a freelance photographer and the member of Kamerades photo collective
Clients:
Serbian European Integration Office, Serbian Ministry for European integration, Institute for Standardisation of Serbia, Wall Street Journal, Monocle, United Nations Country Team, OSCE, Direct Media agency, Profession Group agency, Serbian Faculty of Economics, National Geographic Serbia, Elevate inflight magazine, RED production, HNS Creative, Mercedes, Adidas, NIS
Projects:
Applied Nostalgia (for Serbian European Integration Office), Dirty Season (with Kamerades collective for IREX) and coauthor of the book with the same name by Kamerades collective, Reanimation of culture (with Kamerades collective)
Group Exhibitions:
International exhibition of art photography - "Miniature 2003", XXI international exhibition of mountain photography and diapositives - 2003, Yu Press Photo - 2004, 2005, 2006, Floods - 2006, Status magazine - 2006, Beta photo contest 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, International exhibition of art photography - "Miniature 2007", Serbia in front of a lens 2013, Humanity Photo Awards - 2011, 2013, Press Photo Serbia - 2013, Biodiversity 2015
Solo Exhibitions:
Applied Nostalgia in 2015, Beauty of birth in 2018
Awards and mentions:
Beta photo contest 2006 - honourable mention, contest for best photo of Belgrade marathon 2006 - first price, Beta photo contest 2010 - second prize, Humanity Photo Awards 2011 - documentary award, Press Photo Serbia 2013 - award for a story, Humanity Photo Awards 2013 - performance award, Humanity Photo Awards 2015 - documentary award