#182 CAMERA Book Review: Chris Leslie - A BALKAN JOURNEY

A Balkan Journey is a limited edition book of photography and essays, alongside interactive international and local events. Chris Leslie takes us on a photographic journey through the towns and cities of post-conflict Former Yugoslavia in this extensive and previously unseen 24-year archive from the region.

This collection of work will showcase his earliest photographs from a war-ravaged Croatian town in 1996, through to the present-day Sarajevo of refugees and migrants trapped in limbo. 2020 marks a quarter of a century since the end of the conflict, but the region and Europe continue to struggle with conflicting ideologies. A Balkan Journey provides a crucial moment of reflection at this time, both for viewing public and for the artist at a pivotal moment in his life and career.

It will provide us with a penetrating insight into the human stories behind one of the most influential periods in modern European history. Includes essays from writer John McDougall. The book and website included Bosnian translations.

* Please note that I had one or two tech issues with this vid, although not enough to not post as I think the video is informative and justifies this great body of work. Thank you.

Limited edition photo book of BW / colour photographs, objects, chapters.
200 pages, 300 x 240mm, Casebound, foiled cloth cover.
English with Bosnian translations. Designed by Graphical House.

Chris Leslie

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