Boogie (born Vladimir Milivojevich in 1969) is a photographer from Serbia, based in Brooklyn, New York.
He is known for his documentary and portrait photographs of people on the margins of society. and for his street photography. His work has been published in The New York Times, Time, The Huffington Post, Huck, and shown on HBO (for the show How To Make It In America).
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Life and work
In 1997 Boogie was granted a Green card for United States lawful permanent residency through its Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery program. He moved to New York City in 1998 and is based in Brooklyn.
He was featured in Cheryl Dunn's Everybody Street (2013) documentary film along with other photographers who have used New York City streets as a major subject in their work.
Boogie has had six books of photography published, the first five in black and white and the most recent in colour. His first book, It's All Good, was one of five finalists (not winner) for Best Photography Book of 2006 at the Santa Fe Prize for Photography.
In 2009 Altamont Apparel had a range of t-shirts with Boogie's photographs screen-printed onto them.
Boogie and his wife Nami have two children, Maya and Aleksandar.
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Publications
- It's All Good. Brooklyn, NY: Miss Rosen / powerHouse, 2006. ISBN 978-1576873380
- Boogie. Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse, 2007. ISBN 978-1576874127. Edition of 500 copies.
- Sao Paulo. San Francisco, CA: Gingko / Upper Playground, 2008. ISBN 978-0979086274
- Istanbul: Photographs by Boogie. San Francisco, CA: Upper Playground, 2008. ISBN 978-1934991022
- Belgrade Belongs to Me. Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse, 2009. ISBN 978-1576874653. A compilation of work over 15 years.
- A Wah Do Dem. Rome: Drago, 2015. ISBN 978-8898565139.
Exhibitions
- 2007: Paris Photo, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris.
- 2008: Colette, Paris. Featured photographs from Boogie.
- 2008: Boogie, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris. Featured photographs from Boogie.
- 2009: Boogie. 5 Days, AvantGarden Gallery, Milan. Photographs of Milan taken over five days.
- 2009: When Crooks Roam the Streets, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris.
- 2009/2010: Noli Me Tangere = Do Not Touch Me, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris. With Joey Haley, Bili Bidjocka, Eric Pougeau, Chen Chieh-Jen, Martial Raysse, Elodie Lesourd and Lionel Scoccimaro.
- 2010: The Best of Times, basement gallery, Altamont Apparel, New York, NY. Solo exhibition. 700 new and old photographs.
- 2010: The Uncovering, Carmichael Gallery, Culver City, CA. Solo exhibition of new black-and-white and colour photographs.
- 2016: Blow Your Mind, Magazzini Fotografici, Naples. Solo exhibition including photographs from A Wah Do Dem.
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