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Growing up in a different world, more than any other place, i had vivid images of what America is. And now, from within, it is still as exciting and exotic and bewildering a phenomenon. I am interested in the landscape of imagery - advertising, television, art - symbols which transcend the local and speak about the whole. I want to capture pieces of this visual landscape and confined within a perfect square frame transform them into portraits of a time and a place. I would like my individual images to be simple observations, small truths, but in their sequencing, grouping and relations to one another i hope to reveal patterns of how a group identity is grown, perpetuated or distorted. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997a/51eaa8fce4b0a4a74729e132/1374333334022/102A00703.jpg New World - NEW WORLD The United States is the cradle of modern visual culture. 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Growing up in a different world, more than any other place, i had vivid images of what America is. And now, from within, it is still as exciting and exotic and bewildering a phenomenon. I am interested in the landscape of imagery - advertising, television, art - symbols which transcend the local and speak about the whole. I want to capture pieces of this visual landscape and confined within a perfect square frame transform them into portraits of a time and a place. I would like my individual images to be simple observations, small truths, but in their sequencing, grouping and relations to one another i hope to reveal patterns of how a group identity is grown, perpetuated or distorted https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997a/51eaa90ae4b0ca0d358e2619/1374333366512/money.jpg New World - NEW WORLD The United States is the cradle of modern visual culture. Growing up in a different world, more than any other place, i had vivid images of what America is. And now, from within, it is still as exciting and exotic and bewildering a phenomenon. I am interested in the landscape of imagery - advertising, television, art - symbols which transcend the local and speak about the whole. I want to capture pieces of this visual landscape and confined within a perfect square frame transform them into portraits of a time and a place. I would like my individual images to be simple observations, small truths, but in their sequencing, grouping and relations to one another i hope to reveal patterns of how a group identity is grown, perpetuated or distorted. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997a/51eaa905e4b002e3d8f628e1/1374333358194/columbus03.jpg New World - NEW WORLD The United States is the cradle of modern visual culture. Growing up in a different world, more than any other place, i had vivid images of what America is. And now, from within, it is still as exciting and exotic and bewildering a phenomenon. I am interested in the landscape of imagery - advertising, television, art - symbols which transcend the local and speak about the whole. I want to capture pieces of this visual landscape and confined within a perfect square frame transform them into portraits of a time and a place. I would like my individual images to be simple observations, small truths, but in their sequencing, grouping and relations to one another i hope to reveal patterns of how a group identity is grown, perpetuated or distorted. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997a/51eaa908e4b077fcc27ac046/1460468384416/thedonald.jpg New World - NEW WORLD The United States is the cradle of modern visual culture. Growing up in a different world, more than any other place, i had vivid images of what America is. And now, from within, it is still as exciting and exotic and bewildering a phenomenon. I am interested in the landscape of imagery - advertising, television, art - symbols which transcend the local and speak about the whole. I want to capture pieces of this visual landscape and confined within a perfect square frame transform them into portraits of a time and a place. I would like my individual images to be simple observations, small truths, but in their sequencing, grouping and relations to one another i hope to reveal patterns of how a group identity is grown, perpetuated or distorted. http://markokovacevic.net/almost-home daily 0.75 2013-07-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997c/51e97bece4b07e928209fd31/1374256226272/101L047.18.jpg Almost Home - ALMOST HOME This project is a collection of portraits of immigrants in New York City. 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Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. Literally and metaphorically the people in these photographs are Almost Home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/t/51e97c04e4b0ce1374c8c247/1374256109936/101L026.05-crop.jpg Almost Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997c/51e97bece4b0904283634b89/1374256249694/101L026.05-crop.jpg Almost Home - ALMOST HOME This project is a collection of portraits of immigrants in New York City. It is an exploration of immigrant identity, an identity that can be found in a space between origins and destinations. The sitters have opened themselves up to the camera and to their memory. They appear serious, pensive. They each hold, lovingly but firmly, an object that they brought with them when moving to this country. Their objects are small enough that they once fit into a suitcase, but they have all the weight of a person's history and the precious connections to childhoods and loved ones. The sitters are photographed in the hallways of buildings where they now live. These are the recognizable hallways of Queens or Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, immigrant neighborhoods, traditional gateways to America for centuries. The hallways themselves are in-between-spaces - they are public, yet personal. They are personal without being intimate. Just as the sitters are finding a place for themselves in this city, they are carefully placed within the elements of the space. Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. 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These are the recognizable hallways of Queens or Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, immigrant neighborhoods, traditional gateways to America for centuries. The hallways themselves are in-between-spaces - they are public, yet personal. They are personal without being intimate. Just as the sitters are finding a place for themselves in this city, they are carefully placed within the elements of the space. Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. Literally and metaphorically the people in these photographs are Almost Home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997c/51ea9a7ae4b0815776844321/1374329631487/101L045.16.jpg Almost Home - ALMOST HOME This project is a collection of portraits of immigrants in New York City. It is an exploration of immigrant identity, an identity that can be found in a space between origins and destinations. The sitters have opened themselves up to the camera and to their memory. They appear serious, pensive. They each hold, lovingly but firmly, an object that they brought with them when moving to this country. Their objects are small enough that they once fit into a suitcase, but they have all the weight of a person's history and the precious connections to childhoods and loved ones. The sitters are photographed in the hallways of buildings where they now live. These are the recognizable hallways of Queens or Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, immigrant neighborhoods, traditional gateways to America for centuries. The hallways themselves are in-between-spaces - they are public, yet personal. They are personal without being intimate. Just as the sitters are finding a place for themselves in this city, they are carefully placed within the elements of the space. Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. 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These are the recognizable hallways of Queens or Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, immigrant neighborhoods, traditional gateways to America for centuries. The hallways themselves are in-between-spaces - they are public, yet personal. They are personal without being intimate. Just as the sitters are finding a place for themselves in this city, they are carefully placed within the elements of the space. Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. Literally and metaphorically the people in these photographs are Almost Home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997c/51ea9a73e4b068334b9dd912/1374329611937/101L023.05.jpg Almost Home - ALMOST HOME This project is a collection of portraits of immigrants in New York City. It is an exploration of immigrant identity, an identity that can be found in a space between origins and destinations. The sitters have opened themselves up to the camera and to their memory. They appear serious, pensive. They each hold, lovingly but firmly, an object that they brought with them when moving to this country. Their objects are small enough that they once fit into a suitcase, but they have all the weight of a person's history and the precious connections to childhoods and loved ones. The sitters are photographed in the hallways of buildings where they now live. These are the recognizable hallways of Queens or Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, immigrant neighborhoods, traditional gateways to America for centuries. The hallways themselves are in-between-spaces - they are public, yet personal. They are personal without being intimate. Just as the sitters are finding a place for themselves in this city, they are carefully placed within the elements of the space. Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. Literally and metaphorically the people in these photographs are Almost Home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997c/51ea9a77e4b00866975578f2/1374329619450/101L034.14.jpg Almost Home - ALMOST HOME This project is a collection of portraits of immigrants in New York City. It is an exploration of immigrant identity, an identity that can be found in a space between origins and destinations. The sitters have opened themselves up to the camera and to their memory. They appear serious, pensive. They each hold, lovingly but firmly, an object that they brought with them when moving to this country. Their objects are small enough that they once fit into a suitcase, but they have all the weight of a person's history and the precious connections to childhoods and loved ones. The sitters are photographed in the hallways of buildings where they now live. These are the recognizable hallways of Queens or Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, immigrant neighborhoods, traditional gateways to America for centuries. The hallways themselves are in-between-spaces - they are public, yet personal. They are personal without being intimate. Just as the sitters are finding a place for themselves in this city, they are carefully placed within the elements of the space. Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. Literally and metaphorically the people in these photographs are Almost Home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997c/51ea9a70e4b0161a067d8d10/1374329548397/101L016.10.jpg Almost Home - ALMOST HOME This project is a collection of portraits of immigrants in New York City. It is an exploration of immigrant identity, an identity that can be found in a space between origins and destinations. The sitters have opened themselves up to the camera and to their memory. They appear serious, pensive. They each hold, lovingly but firmly, an object that they brought with them when moving to this country. Their objects are small enough that they once fit into a suitcase, but they have all the weight of a person's history and the precious connections to childhoods and loved ones. The sitters are photographed in the hallways of buildings where they now live. These are the recognizable hallways of Queens or Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, immigrant neighborhoods, traditional gateways to America for centuries. The hallways themselves are in-between-spaces - they are public, yet personal. They are personal without being intimate. Just as the sitters are finding a place for themselves in this city, they are carefully placed within the elements of the space. Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. Literally and metaphorically the people in these photographs are Almost Home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997c/51ea9a70e4b00866975578e7/1374329602266/101L021.05.jpg Almost Home - ALMOST HOME This project is a collection of portraits of immigrants in New York City. It is an exploration of immigrant identity, an identity that can be found in a space between origins and destinations. The sitters have opened themselves up to the camera and to their memory. They appear serious, pensive. They each hold, lovingly but firmly, an object that they brought with them when moving to this country. Their objects are small enough that they once fit into a suitcase, but they have all the weight of a person's history and the precious connections to childhoods and loved ones. The sitters are photographed in the hallways of buildings where they now live. These are the recognizable hallways of Queens or Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, immigrant neighborhoods, traditional gateways to America for centuries. The hallways themselves are in-between-spaces - they are public, yet personal. They are personal without being intimate. Just as the sitters are finding a place for themselves in this city, they are carefully placed within the elements of the space. Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. Literally and metaphorically the people in these photographs are Almost Home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d997c/51ea9a77e4b02a3783848b7f/1374329507660/101L040.11.jpg Almost Home - ALMOST HOME This project is a collection of portraits of immigrants in New York City. It is an exploration of immigrant identity, an identity that can be found in a space between origins and destinations. The sitters have opened themselves up to the camera and to their memory. They appear serious, pensive. They each hold, lovingly but firmly, an object that they brought with them when moving to this country. Their objects are small enough that they once fit into a suitcase, but they have all the weight of a person's history and the precious connections to childhoods and loved ones. The sitters are photographed in the hallways of buildings where they now live. These are the recognizable hallways of Queens or Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, immigrant neighborhoods, traditional gateways to America for centuries. The hallways themselves are in-between-spaces - they are public, yet personal. They are personal without being intimate. Just as the sitters are finding a place for themselves in this city, they are carefully placed within the elements of the space. Staircases become symbols of a journey, a process. Literally and metaphorically the people in these photographs are Almost Home. http://markokovacevic.net/aib daily 0.75 2015-11-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde1e4b0efbe94361799/1415776861880/mkovacevic-aib-1.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - An American in Belgrade Belgrade is the capital of Serbia and was the capital of Yugoslavia in its many incarnations. Its strategic position at the crossroads of East and West led to the destruction of much of the visible evidence of its rich history. Clues to the complexities of its past are often subtle. This project is an exploration of Belgrade and its recent history through the prism of its relationship with the United States. Relations between Serbia and the United States have been tense since the end of the Cold War, the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the Balkan wars of the 1990s. The two countries were on opposing sides and the decade of conflict ended with the American-led NATO bombing of Serbia which still colors relations between the two countries as well as the sentiment of many Serbians . Despite resentment of U.S. foreign policy, American cultural influence has been steady and strong. Yugoslavia was Communist, but its hybrid form of communism allowed for openness to western ideas and influences. American culture, cinema and music were in high demand. Today, with the transition to modern capitalism complete, Belgrade’s American-style malls are always packed, mostly by window-shoppers mourning their diminishing purchasing power and growing income inequality. As a Belgrader and a U.S. resident living in New York City since 2007, I maintain a strong connection to my hometown and a critical distance from it. This project focuses on a small but curious aspect of the Serbian-American relationship: more than twenty streets in Belgrade named after prominent Americans. Street names in Serbia have a tendency to change with political regimes, so the surprisingly high survival rate of “American” street names is especially puzzling. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/t/5638fb68e4b0fd14a38c2fbd/1415776861880/mkovacevic-aib-1.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - An American in Belgrade Belgrade is the capital of Serbia and was the capital of Yugoslavia in its many incarnations. Its strategic position at the crossroads of East and West led to the destruction of much of the visible evidence of its rich history. Clues to the complexities of its past are often subtle. This project is an exploration of Belgrade and its recent history through the prism of its relationship with the United States. Relations between Serbia and the United States have been tense since the end of the Cold War, the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the Balkan wars of the 1990s. The two countries were on opposing sides and the decade of conflict ended with the American-led NATO bombing of Serbia which still colors relations between the two countries as well as the sentiment of many Serbians . Despite resentment of U.S. foreign policy, American cultural influence has been steady and strong. Yugoslavia was Communist, but its hybrid form of communism allowed for openness to western ideas and influences. American culture, cinema and music were in high demand. Today, with the transition to modern capitalism complete, Belgrade’s American-style malls are always packed, mostly by window-shoppers mourning their diminishing purchasing power and growing income inequality. As a Belgrader and a U.S. resident living in New York City since 2007, I maintain a strong connection to my hometown and a critical distance from it. This project focuses on a small but curious aspect of the Serbian-American relationship: more than twenty streets in Belgrade named after prominent Americans. Street names in Serbia have a tendency to change with political regimes, so the surprisingly high survival rate of “American” street names is especially puzzling. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde1e4b0ead3d2d7d628/1415778931608/mkovacevic-aib-2.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - George Washington Street Municipality: Stari Grad Current name: 1932 to 1943; since 1946 George Washington (1732-1799) was the military commander and first President of the United States. Defeating the British army, Washington advocated for the creation of the Union and played an important part writing the Constitution. Twice elected President by Congress, he refused a third term and withdrew from political life. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde2e4b0ead3d2d7d631/1446574952606/mkovacevic-aib-3.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard Municipality: Novi Beograd Current Name: since 1997 Mihailo Pupin (1858-1935) was a Serbian-American scientist and inventor working in the fields of physics and electronics. Born to a rural Serbian family in Austro-Hungary, he left for America at the age of sixteen. He became a professor at Columbia University and in 1924 won a Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde2e4b0efbe9436179b/1415779098186/mkovacevic-aib-4.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde3e4b0efbe9436179d/1415779103688/mkovacevic-aib-5.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde5e4b0ead3d2d7d633/1415779157589/mkovacevic-aib-6.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - George Washington Street Municipality: Zemun Current name: 1935 to 1943; since 1944 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde5e4b0efbe943617ab/1415779255150/mkovacevic-aib-7.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Theodore Dreiser Street Municipality: Savski Venac, Dedinje Current name: since 1946 Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was a journalist, naturalist writer and prominent socialist. His most important works are Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925). Dreiser visited Belgrade between the two World Wars and published his impressions of the city. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde9e4b0ead3d2d7d63f/1415779261335/mkovacevic-aib-8.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Theodore Dreiser Street https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde7e4b0efbe943617ad/1415779266830/mkovacevic-aib-9.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Theodore Dreiser Street https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bde9e4b0efbe943617af/1415779303016/mkovacevic-aib-10.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Charlie Chaplin Street Municipality: Palilula Current Name: since 1946 Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin (1889-1977) was a English-born actor, comedian, and filmmaker who became an American resident in 1912. Best known for his on-screen Tramp persona, Chaplin wrote, produced and directed his films, which include The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), Modern Times (1936) and The Great Dictator (1940). Accused of being a communist and refusing American citizenship, he was forced to leave the country in 1952. Chaplin received an Honorary Academy Award in 1972. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdebe4b0ead3d2d7d642/1415779350633/mkovacevic-aib-11.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Hemingway Street Municipality: Zemun, Altina Current Name: since 2004 Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was a journalist and writer. Some of his most important works are The Sun Also Rises (1925) , A Farewell to Arms (1929), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), The Old Man and the Sea (1951). He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdebe4b0efbe943617bd/1415779485309/mkovacevic-aib-12.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Mihajlo Pupin Street Municipality: Zemun, Zemun Polje Current Name: since 1971 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdece4b0ead3d2d7d651/1415779523385/mkovacevic-aib-13.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Jesse Owens Street Municipality: Zemun, Altina Current Name: 2004 James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens (1913-1980) was ,an African-American track and field and four-time Olympic gold medalist. His victories at the 1936 Berlin Olympics were a symbolic victory over Hitler’s ideology of Aryan supremacy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdece4b0efbe943617bf/1415780074394/mkovacevic-aib-14.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Carnegie Street Municipality: Palilula Current Name: 1930 to 1943; since 1946 Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was a Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist. In 1921, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace contributed funds for construction of the Library of the University of Belgrade. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdede4b0ead3d2d7d653/1415779642103/mkovacevic-aib-15.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - John Kennedy Street Municipalities: Novi Beograd and Zemun Current Name: since 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) was 35th President of the United States. His efforts helped avert nuclear war with the USSR and advance civil rights in the U.S. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 sent shockwaves around the world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdefe4b0efbe943617cb/1415779659355/mkovacevic-aib-16.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - John Kennedy Street https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdeee4b0ead3d2d7d655/1415779665729/mkovacevic-aib-17.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - John Kennedy Street https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf0e4b0ead3d2d7d657/1415780094233/mkovacevic-aib-18.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Nikola Tesla Street Municipality: Novi Beograd Current Name: since 1948 Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American scientist and inventor best known for his work on advancing the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. His discoveries were applied in the construction of the hydro-electric power plant at Niagara Falls. The unit of magnetic flux is named Tesla in his honor. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf0e4b0efbe943617cd/1415780110909/mkovacevic-aib-19.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Nikola Tesla Boulevard Municipalities: Novi Beograd and Zemun Current name: since 1991 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf2e4b0ead3d2d7d667/1415779753593/mkovacevic-aib-20.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Nikola Tesla Boulevard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf2e4b0efbe943617cf/1415779758957/mkovacevic-aib-21.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Nikola Tesla Boulevard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf4e4b0efbe943617db/1415780129946/mkovacevic-aib-22.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Martin Luther King Street Municipality: Zemun, Zemun Polje Current name: since 1970 Martin Luther King (1929-1968), was an African-American pastor and civil rights activist who preached non-violence and civil disobedience to combat racism. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and was assassinated in 1968. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf4e4b0ead3d2d7d66b/1415780153000/mkovacevic-aib-23.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Orson Welles Street Municipality: Surcin Current name: since 2011 George Orson Welles (1915-1985) was a theater, radio and film actor, director, writer and producer. Welles was best known for his radio broadcast War of the Worlds (1938) and Citizen Kane (1941), which is often considered the greatest film of all time. He was also a star of the Yugoslav blockbuster film Battle of Neretva (1969). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf6e4b0ead3d2d7d672/1415780167735/mkovacevic-aib-24.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Roosevelt Street Municipalities: Palilula and Zvezdara Current name: since 1946 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) was the 32nd President of the United States who served from 1932 to 1945, when he died in office. During the Depression, he introduced major economic reforms, and during World War II, he helped lead the Allied Forces to victory over fascist forces. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf6e4b0efbe943617dd/1415779914363/mkovacevic-aib-25.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Roosevelt Street https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf7e4b0ead3d2d7d674/1415779920846/mkovacevic-aib-26.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Roosevelt Street https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/5462ba0ce4b0e58fabde56b3/5462bdf7e4b0efbe943617df/1415780181884/mkovacevic-aib-27.jpg An American in Belgrade - work in progress - Isaac Singer Street Municipality: Surcin Current Name: since 2011 Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991) was a Polish-born Jewish-American writer. A leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. His best known works are Gimpel the Fool (1957) and Enemies, A Love Story (1972). http://markokovacevic.net/a-piece-of-the-cake daily 0.75 2021-02-11 http://markokovacevic.net/processing-time daily 0.75 2021-02-11 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/t/60254085b181162cd8e2019f/1613053987632/ Processing Time - Processing Time https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/60253e589dcab26d7e582f6c/60253ed693fe5e78701d524a/1613053987632/ Processing Time - Processing Time https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51c77e9ae4b0b75c995d9977/60253e589dcab26d7e582f6c/6025407a732982688edbae60/1613054085821/ Processing Time http://markokovacevic.net/new-cover-page daily 0.75 2020-05-04 http://markokovacevic.net/info daily 0.75 2021-02-11 http://markokovacevic.net/new-page daily 1.0 2021-04-21