On Wednesday 23d December at 7.30pm, Raiffeisen bank is promoting its 2010 calendar. For the third consecutive year, the calendar is being promoted at O3ONE, those present will include business partners and friends of the bank, as well as people from the cultural scene of Belgrade.
Photographs in the 2010 Raiffeisen calendar, … a part of Belgrade, are the work of photographer Nebojša Babić. Babić photographed Dorćol, one of the most unique parts of Belgrade.
Raiffeisen bank is traditionally supporting cultural life in Serbia and facilitating development of artistic and creative potential in Serbia. Many years of cooperation between O3ONE and Raiffeisen bank helped promote numerous young artists and helped bring over and present projects by foreign artists and also some of the well established names of domestic art scene.
Raiffeisen bank a.d. is a member of Raiffeisen International, one of the leading financial groups in Central and Eastern Europe. It commenced its work in Serbia in 2001. Presently, its activities are divided in four sectors: private banking, business banking, funds management and investment banking.
Nebojsa Babic was born in Belgrade in 1968. He became a member of Ulupuds (Serbian Association of Applied Art Artists and Designers) in 1997. He is a member of USUF (Serbian Art Photographers Association), a member of PPof-E (Professional Photographers of Europe) since 2004, and also a member of SAM (Serbian Managers Association) since 2008. In 2009, he became a member of the Serbian Olympic Committee.
He is cooperating with cultural institutions, humanitarian organizations, publishing houses and marketing agencies. He contributed to several Unicef projects. Very significant portion of his work belongs to a segment of »industrial photography« and to projects realized for Serbian music scene.
Nebojsa Babic is one of the leading photographers in Serbia, winner of important awards such as Grand Award of May salon in 2005 and Best fashion photographer of Serbia & Montenegro for Pantene Beauty Awards in the years 2002 and 2004. Recently, he had several exhibitions in Japan, the latest one in May 2009 in Tokyo, titled “Power”. Another noted event was exhibition In Detail, organized as part of Belgrade Fashion Week 2009. Some of Nebojsa’s photographs constitute a part of the permanent collection of Belgrade Museum of Applied Arts. He is an important segment of Serbian contemporary art scene. With project O3ONE won Disruption award for 2009. www.babic.cc
