My name is Jurisic Petar, but in the world of art photography I am known as Photo Pit. Ever since elementary school, through high school, all the way to university, I went  parallel to additional courses and I was educated in photography. Simply, photography has the magical power to enchant me, to seduce me aesthetically, to awaken my imagination, my senses, my soul, but also to open up new spheres of thought and experience of a new world. It is quite fascinating that you can be extremely frustrated with the world in which you live, and that your travels take you to a distance of only a few miles from your home, where you might encounter the nature that exists in such beauty that leaves you speechless. This creates my desire to convey the beauty to other people - to share that joy and illuminating silence with you.

When I am in the nature, then I dwell in my inner world, but this inner world is open, filled with joy and desire to share the joy and beauty with other people, to say loudly but calmly: Beauty is there beside you. It is up to you whether you are open towards this emotion or not. You may have the impression that you live in hell, that this postmodern world is horrible? I agree with you. But we are also surrounded with what might be called the heavenly or angelic world, but it should be noticed and we need to open our soul and senses for it – for the nature.

Two decades ago (early nineties) I began to cooperate with Nikola Kitanović, who worked in fashion and visual projects such as D & N or dragon&nikkolai, 6y and other. He conveyed his theoretical knowledge of art photography to me through practical work together. I engaged in these projects, at first as someone who performs only technical tasks, but later I took the initiative and began to impose my own standards. Nikola has little technical knowledge of cameras, but in his own way he managed to introduce me to photographing models and to make me feel the same way as I feel when photographing nature. Of course I enjoy photographing models indoors, because it is a really big challenge for me, but I am even more pleased when photographing models in the nature - that doubles the excitement. Many photos of models I made alone, but I also made many of them working together with Nikola. - He knows how to communicate with the model to derive an additional expression, extra energy, extra emotion. And then our mutual understanding becomes an exceptional creative exchange, which, I believe, you will be able to share with me. In any case, some photos of models that you will see in this web site are product of our work together. This does not mean that I am dependent on him creatively, or that he considers himself superior to me in that sense, but rather, as already said, it is our creative exchange that is worth sharing with you.

The human body of is full of hidden secrets, undiscovered beauty, and the beauty that you want to share with other people when you discover it - because art is giving, a gift to other people - as I have already received a gift by having experienced the visual beauty of the scene. After all, I have received a gift or talent I do not know by whom and I do not know how (all the theories about where talent comes from are disputed, at least for me) - and then, it is just right, if I have got something so big that goes beyond the individual, to share it with others, so that others could enjoy that beauty. I intentionally took the quote  from Dostoevsky, because his life was really a hell, but his message “Beauty will save the world” sounds ennobling, encouraging - beautiful.

I am currently working on the projects Coronidas, Squirrewolf and I am doing so with great joy. But in addition, I am often taking my camera and going to the nature, to some clean place where I find beauty that I want to share with you. Sometimes I bring my models along and then I make photos that I like most.

I worked as a press photographer for the magazine Novo Slovo. I have photographed weddings, some special celebrations, gatherings of people, ceremonies and the like, but I prefer to do art photography and this is what defines me as a photographer and what I am from inside. I have decades of experience in individual and team work. Part of that experience I share with you now and hope you will be able to feel at least a part of the positive emotions that I invested in my work.

With Love and Respect,  Photo Pit.

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