Sarajevo 1992-1996

“Sarajevo 1992-1996” is a photography book featuring more than 100 images taken by Italian photojournalist Enrico Dagnino.
A visual and straightforward testimony about the city of Sarajevo and its people during the siege, accompanied by Dagnino's notes and drawings from that time, along with texts by Džemil Hodžić, Nihad Kreševljaković and Enric Martí. The book was designed by Ideologija and published by Kuma International in 2023.

DŽEMIL HODŽIć

"Enrico. A man who, through his powerful photos, preserved my childhood, provided a snapshot of my country’s turbulent history and recorded our collective suffering. He was there for us when we needed him the most. This book is as important as any other document from the Siege of Sarajevo. Three decades have passed and many readers will have little or no memory of these troubled days and nights so it is more important than ever that the atrocities we experienced are properly documented."

NIHAD KREŠEVLJAKOVIć

"With Enrico's contribution, the photographic memory of the city is richer. His excellent book, preserving Sarajevo's complex history, includes some of the most significant moments from the siege period. Unlike domestic photographers, the foreign photojournalists had the opportunity to place themselves behind the enemy lines, close to those who kept the city under siege. The photos from the other side provide an important record because, for the inhabitants of Sarajevo, the outlines of the horizon and the mountains surrounding the city also represent the borders of the entire planet."

ENRIC MARTí

"I always felt Enrico was somehow different from most other photojournalists covering the war and daily life. His pictures were straightforward, not pretending to be "artistic." Enrico was never interested in entering his work in contests most photographers were obsessed with. As he always says, "I am just doing my job." His connection with the people he photographed during the siege seemed natural despite the language barrier."

Get the book

Purchasing "Sarajevo 1992-1996" is not only a great way to gain insight into the history of the Bosnian War and the siege of Sarajevo, but it's also an opportunity to support Kuma International, a local NGO founded in Sarajevo in 2018 with the unique mission of teaching the next generations how the arts can deal with difficult pasts and pursue transformation. This mission is rooted in the belief that the arts, in conjunction with education, play a vital role in the community, helping to build a more inclusive and compassionate society by engaging and inspiring individuals and providing a platform for creativity, self-expression and emotional connection.Thanks to our extensive network, locally and internationally, and long-standing experience, various programs and initiatives have been developed in several cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as through online platforms during the pandemic, connecting with partners in Palestine. These include summer schools, workshops, field trips, exhibitions, documentary films, publications, and other events that use the arts to explore and address human rights and justice issues, civil society engagement, and democratic participation. In the past five years, we have been working with hundreds of young people of different cultures and backgrounds from more than twenty countries with the aim to promote understanding and mutual respect, breaking down stereotypes and prejudices, and creating a more inclusive and harmonious society.Your purchase of "Sarajevo 1992-1996" will ensure that we can continue to make a positive impact in the lives of those we serve.

About Enrico Dagnino

Enrico Dagnino is an Italian photojournalist with an extensive international career. He debuted as a photojournalist in the late 1980s, witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Velvet Revolution in Prague. He then covered the uprising in Romania and the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, and conflicts throughout Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Enrico documented the Arab-Israeli conflict, the war in Chechnya, Yemen, Somalia and Nagorno-Karabakh, the Rwandan refugee crisis and the Kabila offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as the invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. In 2011 he worked on recording the Arab Spring revolutions and the Libya conflict. Decades of his work were organized and presented as two retrospective exhibitions – the first in 2015 at the Enrico Navarra Gallery in Paris, and the exhibition at the Duplex100m2 gallery in Sarajevo in 2016 during the WARM Festival. Enrico’s first documentary film "Spring Break Iraq" (2002) was presented at the Turin Film Festival, while "Unsafe Goražde" (2022) debuted in Goražde during the commemorations for the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and then again in Sarajevo during the Italian Cinema Week promoted by the Italian Embassy. Enrico is working on his third documentary film about Mexican photographer Bernardino Hernandez and the war on drug cartels. He is also the co-editor of the book "Unsafe Goražde" published by Kuma International in 2022.