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Bosnia’s Unique Wartime Posters   

Bosnia’s Unique Wartime Posters  

by Rupert Wolfe Murray | Feb 1, 2022 | Bosnia, Journeys, My books

I’m working on an epic book that’s coming out in May this year: Bosnian War Posters, by Daoud Sarhandi. It’s an incredible collection of propaganda and art that he and Alina Wolfe Murray, my ex-wife, collected just after the …

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Sarajevo is full semi feral cats. Most are unfrien Sarajevo is full semi feral cats. Most are unfriendly. But this young one wasn't and it let me get close enough to photograph properly with my old phone.
I hiked in the hills above #Sarajevo yesterday and I hiked in the hills above #Sarajevo yesterday and found this remnant of a #TV.
I just saw this incredible #poster from @political I just saw this incredible #poster from @politicalgraphics, an NGO called the Center for the Study of Political Graphic and is probably the best non-governmental archive of political posters in the world.
Poster in #Sarajevo today... #bosnia Poster in #Sarajevo today...

#bosnia
An interesting mural in Sarajevo An interesting mural in Sarajevo
This is where I live in Sarajevo, the street of th This is where I live in Sarajevo, the street of the islamic-priest-creammaker. It's looking very grand in this photo as the buildings in front, and to the left, have been renovated. My place is on the right and it's old, cold and unrenovated...but ideal for me as it's cheap, small and I have a little yard.
An #Islamic graveyard in the old town of #sarajevo An #Islamic graveyard in the old town of #sarajevo
Glass and robe in exhibition of product design at Glass and robe in exhibition of product design at Academy of Fine Art, #Sarajevo. Yesterday.
A painting of the #Mostar bridge in Bosnia's natio A painting of the #Mostar bridge in Bosnia's national gallery in #sarajevo
I came across this photo of my late mother, taken I came across this photo of my late mother, taken over 40 years ago, probably in #Scotland which is where we used to live.

I've no idea about the circumstances of this photo, or even where I found it (somewhere in the bowels of my laptop) but it does say a few things about her: she was an Action Woman, always keen to get outside; she didn't care about her appearance and would throw on whatever was at hand; she had a great sense of fun which you can see in the smile that's either fading or coming into being. I miss her so.

Maybe the photo was taken by her friend, the great artist/designer @james.hutcheson, or my aunt Tessa (another great artist!) who took the best photos of our anarchic family: @tessawolfemurray_ceramics 

@ericawolfemurray
@mag_wolfed_ 
@lar.fayette 
@skylandseascotland 
@edinboy63 
@xanderoriginal 

#wolfemurray
#scottishpublisher
#edinburghsnapshots
I found this photo of my #dad from 2019, when I to I found this photo of my #dad from 2019, when I took him to the #optician in the Scottish town of #Galashiels. Now he's moved to the west coast of #Scotland and I'm living in Sarajevo.
#muralpainting in #Sarajevo #muralpainting in #Sarajevo
I'm in the Croatian post city of Split and this is I'm in the Croatian post city of Split and this is the most interesting image I found. The old Roman/Venetian city is beautiful but I've seen it before. But not this little park and this sculpture.

#splitcroatia🇭🇷 
#croatiatravel 
#croatiaphotography
I'm in Dubrovnik...and here are some impressions. I'm in Dubrovnik...and here are some impressions.
My friend Sam Onn sent me this intriguing image fr My friend Sam Onn sent me this intriguing image from #Bucharest, a city with a bizarre and eclectic architectural style.
Mural in the capital of #Bosnia and #Herzegovina Mural in the capital of #Bosnia and #Herzegovina 

#everydayeasterneurope 
#sarajevoart 
#bosniangraffiti
Tuzla's heroic working class #Communist miner... Tuzla's heroic working class #Communist miner...

#Tuzla 
#Yugoslavia 
#everydayeasterneurope
Supermarket and mural in the capital of #Bosnia an Supermarket and mural in the capital of #Bosnia and Herzegovina
Finally the long, hard winter seems to be ending i Finally the long, hard winter seems to be ending in #Sarajevo...but they say the #freezing weather can sneak back at any time.
#Graffiti at the back of the grand art school in # #Graffiti at the back of the grand art school in #sarajevo...

#bosniagraffiti 
#everydayeasterneurope 
#bosniaandherzegovina❤️
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