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Photographer

Dragan Teodorović Zeko

At the age of seventeen, he started working on the technical realization of concerts by the popular groups No Smoking (all tours), Merlin, Red Apple, Valentino, Bombay Press…

At the beginning of 1988, he founded the concert agency "Mrak i ja" for the technical (photo, video and lighting) realization of concerts, theater performances and the like. He specializes in lighting and light effects, so in addition to working with rock groups, he also works on large events (Sarajevo Winter, Mostar Summer, Jutel for Peace, promotions of brands such as Coca Cola and Levis). The theater then becomes a challenge for him, so as a lighting designer he works on the performances of the Mostar Youth Theater, the Mostar National Theater, Sarajevo's "Obala" theater and with the performances "Tattooed Theater" and "Moon Show" directed by Mladen Materić, he tours many festivals in Europe.

In the period from 1988 to 1991, he made videos for large publishing houses such as "Diskoton" from Sarajevo and "Jugoton" from Zagreb. In August 1991, he moved to Serbia, to Kragujevac. From 1991 to 1995, he worked at the Student Cultural Center in Kragujevac and realized hundreds of professional concerts at the highest level. At the end of 1995, he was working on a large project (lighting and laser) with "Open Road" from Moscow. A year later, with the Dodest Theater in Podgorica, he participated in several festivals in Italy, Greece and Hungary. From 1997 to 1999, he worked in "Scena" from Kragujevac, where he also organized and realized a large number of very demanding and professional programs.

The photos that have been offered to the public do not detract from his professional approach to everything he does or has done. Experience in working with light, friendship with bands, curiosity and love for everything he does, contributed to the creation of thousands of frozen moments, which Zeko now offers to the public, not only as exceptional photographic achievements, but also as countless human stories. His photos exude, not only an authentic rock light, with all its effects, but also a specific artistry, which is not only the coincidence of a stopped fraction of a second, but in this way Zeko reveals to us the subtlety of the emotions he cherishes towards his work and the people he works with. He started working with the group "Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra" in 1999, when his professional photographic career also began (amateur since 1985). His photos were published in all domestic and the most prestigious world magazines and newspapers: Rolling Stone, Playboy, Figaro, Madame, Le Monde, Corriere della Sera...

In 2023, he received support for the exhibition "It was a better and happier time", and the books - photo monographs "Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra - the 25th year and "That was some nicer and happier time" get the status of a capital work at the competition of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia!

Solo exhibitions
Joint exhibitions
  • 60 years of FKK Pozarevac, Cultural Center, Pozarevac / Serbia / 2008.
  • Fourth International Photography Exhibition “Rock 2008”, Dom omladine, Zajecar, Serbia / 2008.
  • The first exhibition of FKK Kraljevo, Vladislav Marzik Gallery, Kraljevo / Serbia / 2009.
  • Fifth International Photography Exhibition “Rock 2009”, Dom omladine, Zajecar, Serbia / 2009.
  • Sixth International Photography Exhibition “Rock 2010”, Dom omladine, Zaječar, Serbia / 2010.
  • Thirteenth International Exhibition "Theater in Photographic Art", Novi Sad / Serbia / 2011.
  • Seventh International Photography Exhibition “Rock 2011”, Dom omladine, Zajecar, Serbia / 2011.
  • The first international photography salon "Cacak 2011.", Center for Culture, Cacak / Serbia / 2011.
  • Second exhibition of FKK Kraljevo, Center for Culture, Kraljevo / Serbia / 2011.
  • Fifth International Photography Salon "Banja Luka 2011", Banja Luka / Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2011.
  • Second International Photography Fair "Man and Work 2011", Bor / Serbia / 2011.
Photomonographs
  • „Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra“ (Dr studio / Serbia 2007)
  • „Time of the Gypsies“ (Palass / Francuska 2008)
  • "Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra - 10 years" (M.Factory / GMR, Serbia 2010)
  • „Sibirski prozori“ (Balkan production / Rusija 2014)
  • „Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra – 20 godina“ (Balkan production / Rusija 2019)
  • “To je bilo neko lepše i srećnije vreme” (GMR / Serbia 2022.)
  • „To je bilo neko lepše i srećnije vreme“ – Drugo izdanje (GMR / Srbija 2023.)
  • „Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra – 25 godina“ (GMR, Srbija 2023.)
Books
  • Rokopisi – Petar Popović (Zepter Book World / Srbija 2008)
  • Live autobiography - Misa Aleksic (Home / Laguna / Serbia 2011)
CD - DVD
  • Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires – Emir Kusturica (DVD, CD / Warner vision / Francuska 2005)
  • Time of the Gypsies (CD / Decca / Engleska 2007)
  • Gladiators in BG Arena / Riblja Corba (DVD, CD - Front pages / City records / Serbia 2007)
  • Le Temps des Gitans (DVD / France Televisions Distribution / Francuska 2008)
  • The Best of Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra (CD / Universal music / Francuska 2009)
  • Corps Diplomatique - Emir Kusturica & TNSO (CD - Home / HYP / France 2018)
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