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Golgotha immortalized with camera

Anastasija Kocić
Ulica Druge proleterske brigade 16/6, 18 000 Niš

Introduction

On the occasion of the centenary of the World War I
outbreak, and in accordance with the testament that
warriors for the national liberation left to the descendants so
as to foster the unity, creativity and positive human
qualities, I wanted to save the images of pain and pride
from oblivion- Golgotha immortalized with camera - as Picture 01- The King Petar on the ox car in 1915, retreating
well as to remind that the Serbian army was among the first through Kosovo and Metohija.
in the world to found the film section at the Supreme
Command in Corfu, and to buy the filming equipment.
Photographers recorded the war scenes, particularly the
withdrawal of the Serbian army through Albania and the
great Salonika front breakthrough, so I made an effort to
make all these important material available.

Work method

The Internet research, encyclopedia and discussion with the
descendants of the participants of the World War I.

The results

Photos of the First World War were published at various Picture 02- the portrait of Dragutin Matic
times and in various newspapers. Some have emerged in “The soldier with the camera is equal as a
the course of the war, along with reports of war soldier with a gun!
correspondents , as well as on allies’ exhibition of war Conclusion
photographs. Some of these images have become a symbol The passage of time takes its toll on these
of the suffering in the war, an essential document of that landmarks, a wartime devastation and vandalism of the
time. Each image can be a novel , short story, poem, film ... enemies are destroying these monuments, which their
Serbian Odyssey ... John Ford once said: "The Serbs have ancestors could not break nor obey. One of the valuable
one photo- a film like. There is one photo from WWI in testimonies of their famous epic, created during the wars,
which old King Peter is sitting on the ox car in 1915 while authentic and indestructible, will remain as a permanent
retreating through Kosovo and Metohija. And if this frame heritage in rich Serbian history!
could come alive, it would start moving before our eyes as Literature
a real movie about the great drama of the Serbian people Branibor Debeljković, Stara srpska fotografija,
and its king ". Beograd, 1977;Milanka Todić, Istorija srpske fotografije
In the World War I the Cinematographic Section of the 1839—1940, Beograd, 1994;Goran Malić, Milan Jovanović
Supreme Command was established and it gathered fotograf, Beograd, 1997;G. Malić, Slike u srebru :
photographers, videographers and painters. If we look Predistorija i tehničko-tehnološka evolucija fotografije u
through the photographs, postcards and illustrations with 19. veku i prvoj polovini 20. veka., Beograd: Fotogram,
motives from Serbia or Serbian army dating to the Balkan 2001.Enciklopedija srpskog naroda, Beograd: Zavod za
Wars and World War I, we will find the names of Serbian izdavanje udžbenika, 2008. (biografski prilozi o srpskim
war photographers and painters, primarily Rista fotografima).G. Malić, Letopis srpske fotografije 1839—
Marjanovic, and then the military priests Rista Sukovic or 2008. Beograd : Fotogram, 2009.
Vladimir Becić... The name of Samson Chernova is less
frequently inscribed though he made perhaps the most
images, did a large number of paintings and made several
documentaries. Prominent photographers are Rista
Marjanovic, Samson Chernov, Vladimir Becić, Dragisa
Stojadinovic and Risto Sukovic. The author of the most
famous images of the Serbian army in the World War I,
including the iconic portrait of scout Dragutin Matic, was
Samson Chernov, a Russian photographer and painter .