E19 Dragana Jurisic: Photographer

In this episode I was joined by Irish based photographer Dragana Jurisic.  Dragana's life as a photographer began the day her family's building burned to the gound as war began in former Yugoslavia.  I met Dragana at the end of a long day of shooting for her latest project My Own Unknown.  Dragana is articulate, thoughtful, talented, and funny and has the fearless eyes of someone who has seen more of life than most.

Topics covered in the interview include:

• Pre-war life in Yugoslavia.


• Finding normalcy amid chaos.


• Dragana's move from psychologist to full-time photographer.


• The ethics of photographing poverty (her Seeing Things project).


• How Dragana and her brother were entered in the census as Eskimos!


• Dragana's return to Yugoslavia in search of a place that wasn't there any more.


• The role of the muse in the life of an artist.

For all the episode notes, including links to Dragana's website, instagram etc, go to

www.inspirelandpodcast.com

Enjoy the episode, Dave