#novi beograd

[germanpostwarmodern]

On the left bank of the Sava River and opposite the old town lies Novi Beograd, New Belgrade, the Serbian capital’s fastest growing municipality. It is a planned city and today’s inhabitants and businesses benefit from its rather modern infrastructure, a distinctive advantage over the old town. Novi Beograd’s construction began in 1948 but especially during 1960s and 1970s the municipality grew and numerous housing blocks and public buildings were erected. Because of these Novi Beograd in recent years has become something of a brutalist icon that is roaming social media platforms but is simultaneously subject to great change due to permanent new construction.

But while most photographers focus on the undeniable appeal of the architecture, Norwegian Marius Svaleng Andresen takes a closer look at the intersection of architecture and everyday life and the architecture in relation to the individual. In his book „Life in the New“, published last years by Kerber Verlag, Andresen explores the actual life going on inside, outside and in between the architecture: in view of the little stories of life the monumental architecture recedes into the background and becomes the stage of day-to-day life. People peeking out from behind the curtain, old men playing cards, a woman cleaning her windows and children running around, all of them populate Andresen’s photographs and bring up the question of what it is actually like to live in Novi Beograd. Apparently the photographer, who is also a journalist, asked himself this question too and met with 12 individuals who tell their own story of living in New Belgrade: there is Mirjana, the widow of a former military airport commander, who has been living in Novi Beograd for more than 50 years and at first didn’t really like it. And there is also Filip, the dog loving graphic designer and rapper, who philosophizes about the stepped volumes of the blocks and how they symbolize his daily struggle to reach the top.

In tandem with his sensible photographs Andersen provides an unusual, more humane portrait of Novi Beograd that is both visually stunning and emotionally touching. A warmly recommended read!

#marius svaleng andresen #architecture #serbia #novi beograd #belgrade #architectural photography #photo book #kerber verlag #book

[dziubomir]

#fujifeed #fujixweekly #fujifilm #genextower #socialistmodernism #socmod #brutalist #brutalism #concrete #architecture #minimalism #serbia #belgrade #novi beograd #socheritage #aesthetic #geometry #35mm

[yargraves]

Novi Beograd

17.02.2023

#architecture #brutalism #socmod #belgrade #novi beograd #concrete #my photos #vacation

[idaljesimiusnovima]

genex 💖💞🥰

najjača zgrada na svetu majke mi obožavam geneks

#beograd #novi beograd #ex yu #ex yu rock #brutalism #blokovi #blok37 #genex #istocnakapijabeograda #zepter #brutalist #belgrade #newbelgrade #blok #balkan #Yugoslavia

[draganadimitrijevic]

Blokovi Novi Beograd

© Dragana Dimitrijević

#original photography #urban photography #street photography #beograd #novi beograd #urban scene #urban living #two-seater #sofa #basketball

[faradaysketches]

Blok 23, Novi Beograd, Belgrade. May 2023

I was looking for another block to draw but I couldn’t find it so I thought these will do.

#belgrade #serbia #tower block #block of flats #architecture #brutalist #steve faraday #ink drawing #urban sketch #illustration #on location #fineliner #usk #ink sketch #urbansketchers #novi beograd

[danielacitu]

#view #city lights #nights #city at night #belgrade #beograd #novi beograd #balcony #low expo #low exposure #summer 2023 #2023

[dirizabl]

Deca iz Bloka 45, fotografisano sredinom 1977. godine.

Kids from the Block 45, Belgrade 1977.

source: https://www.facebook.com/Blok45nbg

#Belgrade #beograd #Srbija #jugoslavija #Serbia #novi beograd #new belgrade #Yugoslavia #photography #black and white photography #vintage photography #kids #blok45 #childhood #friends

[beogradom]

опасан по себе суштина илузија

#belgrade #serbia #beograd #srbija #grafitti #novi beograd

[nociodvelura]

#mercedes 300 d #beograd #novi beograd #cinematography

[aleksandracar1]

#analog photography #serbia #novi beograd #brutalism

[dziubomir]

#brutgroup #brutalism #genextower #beograd #novi beograd #brutalist #minimalism #serbia #fujifeed #fujixweekly #fujifilm #eastern europe #brutopolis #architecture #socmod #socialistmodernism #filmsimulation #agfa #lada #lada2137 #soviet car #classic cars #ussr car #jugoslavija

[awidevastdominion]

#Serbia #Novi Beograd #buildings #Blokovi #architecture

[idaljesimiusnovima]

genex

#beograd #novi beograd #ex yu #ex yu rock #brutalism #balkan #belgrade #blokovi #brutalist #37 #blok37 #blok #newbelgrade #serbia

[thetravellingman87]

Blooming in Novi Beograd.

#blooming #springtime #beograd #belgrad #springvibes #spring #tavasz #novi beograd #genextower #architecture #brutalism #nature #naturephoto #naturephotography #canon #canontop #canon70200mm #travellingman #travelphoto #travelphotography #serbia #srbija

[faradaysketches]

Novi Beograd, Belgrade. May 2023

The windows were all individual. The constant roar of traffic was stressy and I was only sat here for 45 minutes. These people have to live here.

#steve faraday #ink drawing #urban sketch #illustration #on location #fineliner #usk #ink sketch #urbansketchers #belgrade #serbia #novi beograd #block of flats #architecture #cityscape