Goran Jovic

Photographer

Birthplace Imotski, Croatia

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About

Acclaimed Croatian documentary photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker whose work has been featured around the world including on multiple covers of The Sun magazine. He has achieved over thirty international awards and his work, which spans all seven continents, has been presented in exhibitions around the globe.

Before Fame

He discovered his passion for visual storytelling after a nighttime photoshoot in Croatia in 2009. He went on to develop his skills as a street life photographer in New York and Barcelona before transitioning to documentary photography.

Trivia

His photograph titled "Rain Boy," which he captured among the Maasai people in Tanzania, achieved numerous international honors including the World Cup of Photography and Photolistic Life grand prize and the Fremantle International Portrait Prize in 2013. Outside of his work as a photographer, he has also simultaneously worked as a high school physical education teacher.

Family Life

He hails from Croatia.

Associated With

He and Dora Maar are both renowned photographers.