Edo Iglic Edo Iglic was born on March 16, 1956, in Zemun (Belgrade). He has been engaged in photography since his high school days. During his military service in Umag (1981-82) led the photo club in garrison, held photography courses, and organized exhibitions featuring everyday life during military service. He made a more extended break in hanging out with the camera in the mid-nineties and returns to photography in 2005. He becomes a member of the Photo Club "Belgrade" and Photo Association of Serbia (PAS) in 2012. He participated and was awarded in many national and international group photography exhibitions under the patronage of the PAS, FIAP, PSA, RPS, UPI, etc. He acquired the national titles of F1 FSS in 2013 and KMF FSS in 2015 and FIAP titles AFIAP in 2014 and EFIAP in 2015. In the list of the ten most successful members of the PAS in 2013, he was ranked third, in 2014 in fifth, in 2015 in fourth, in 2016 in third, in 2017 in second, in 2018 in first, in 2019 in fifth, in 2020 in fourth and in 2021 in the first place. At the assembly of the Photo Association of Serbia in June 2015, he was elected president of the assembly and in June 2019 he was elected president of the assembly for a second term.

From February 23 to March 6, 2015, Edo Iglic had a solo exhibition of photography "Urban Enigmas", consisting of 42 photographs, in the National Bank of Serbia gallery in Belgrade.  

According to the words of Dragan Babovic (KMF FSS) at the opening of the exhibition, Enigma is a Greek word that means the knot, and in Serbian language is used as a synonym for riddle, which means something ambiguous, complicated things which need to be unravelled, untied, to find a solution, to clarify. Urban Enigmas of photographer Edo Igli? are actually photos of city riddles, brain teasers, jokes and wisecracks, generated in a combination of street art, paintings, billboards, logos and passers-by.
Photographers who are dealing with camerawork of urban architecture for publishing of representative monographs of cities have more trouble. Namely, because of the painted facades, advertisements, photographs plastered trams, buses and trolleybuses, luminaries, cables and air conditioners; they can’t no longer segregate a pure architecture. In this trouble, some photographers just see a nice opportunity to show at their photos the second face of the city in which modern man lives.

Edo Iglic is a photographer who finds interesting examples of street art, in which he easily reads messages from an anonymous authors, and in that space he puts the human figure, citizen, man, woman, child, whose presence and messages are  easier to read and upgrade with the message of the author.

Photos of "Urban Enigmas" are life photos, pictures of everyday. Life is genre that photographers usually exhibit in black and white. Edo Iglic, on the contrary, breaks down these prejudices and shows that good life photograph must contain colour. Many of his photos are talking with its colour, where monochromy lose meaning. He doesn’t see the reality of life just black and white, first of all he sees optimism, humour, happiness, and joy in it, that’s why most of his images radiate a special life energy.

Photos of Edo Iglic are simple in their composition and their visual content is easy to read. At his photos he connects two worlds. In art matrix of the background which makes some graffiti, oil painting, advertisement or photograph and which has its own life, which stands for itself and carries its own message, he brings a man, with whom this show now is getting a new life as an composition of similar scenes, as contrast or supplement. To catch a right moment, Edo Iglic is able to wait for hours, because, he says, he sees his photo in advance. Depending on luck, sometimes his photo is a result realized by happy circumstance, reeling the famous principle of synchronicity and sometimes it is a result of patiently waiting to put things together at the image. So he manages to create a new world in which in front of the huge photograph where parent hugs a baby is couple in love who also embraces.  Beside a large billboard that advertises a girl in a bikini, who is lying on a summer sun sandy beach, he will oppose Belgrade snow and garbage collector who can only dream about such a girl and vacation. Next to the graffiti of Nikola Tesla, who invented first principles of wireless connection, he will take a photo of the girl who is holding a mobile phone in that moment. Also, he will wait for hours to catch a scene, where in front of two painted drunk men who toast with raised bottles of beer, will pass a real man who also holds a bottle of beer in his hand.  Then, he will notice from the Branko’s bridge painted big fish on the asphalt, as advertisement for fish restaurant, so he will wait for two beautiful girls to step on a circular field where it says “fish”. He will also wait for two girls hugging to show up in front of the sign of famous trading company “Two vains”. He will stand in front of one tenement entrance in New Belgrade, where street artist, signed as Lordrog, painted the cat as a city idler, in a suit, with his hands in a pocket, legs crossed, keeking some lady, and he will wait some lady to show up. He will wait in Knez Mihajlova Street, at one place for three woman of different social status to show up, Hermina Dauber (wife of the famous artist Paja Jovanovic), called Muni from the canvas of Paja Jovanovi?, old woman who begs and a citizen that passes without any intent to give something to the beggar. It looks like, both of them, old woman and Muni from the painting of Paja Jovanovic are watching her. Oil on canvas with a naked man in a life-size, will serve him as an excuse to wait and see who will show up and connect with the painting. And of course, their patience and artistic clairvoyance will bring him a real prize, lady in a coat who will incline to read data about painting, also her dog, dressed in a little coat, who will patiently wait on a leash at the other side of the painting, with his attitude and look, it seems like he comments this scene. Edo will also catch a scene from the men’s locker room, while the legs and faces of young ballerinas are sticking out.

His photo “Waiting” has earned with reason, the most recognitions. With laconic approach, he places in front of silhouette of Winston Churchill who smokes, a woman sitting in a garden of a bar who also smokes a cigarette.  Above Churchill is a perforation of black and white film, which gives not only a special rhythm to this back and white photo, but it gives to a whole image, an exalted spirit of film. 

The main idea of an exhibition “Urban Enigmas” of Edo Iglic, reminds me irresistibly at the story about Gordian knot, a metaphor for unsolvable problem. The one who unties the knot, prophecy says, will become the king of Asia. Only Alexander of Macedonia manages to solve the problem bravely by cutting it with one stroke of his sword. Syntagma Gordian knot is a synonym for a big problem which can be solved easily. The one who manages to solve some of their life problems, which we meet everyday, feels a great satisfaction after that, acquire a new strength and becomes stronger. Edo Igli? is proving that to us through his urban enigmas.

The modern tempo of life, with unbearable lightness of being from day to day, from hour to hour is leaving us almost breathless. The authors of graffiti that we are passing by, and which we almost do not even notice, are trying to wake us up from a deep sleep, stimulate to action, to protest, to warn us up, entertain or sometimes make us laugh. Life of graffiti so unconsciously presenting some kind of a mirror of life that we have, concludes author of the exhibition Edo Igli?.

Although most of Iglic's photos are taken in Belgrade and Serbia, they look like they were recorded in any other world capital. Everyday photographer is similar to street artists, because he captures life on the street and there he finds his inspiration for his works. Edo Igli? with his photos, indirectly honors anonymous artists, who operate without institutions and official galleries, now he immortalize them with his photos and he introduces them in one of the most prestigious galleries in Belgrade – Gallery of the National Bank of Serbia.

I am sure that this collection of photographs from the rich opus of Edo Iglic, presents significant contribution to the Serbian photography and his numerous victories at international competitions are a kind of affirmation of Serbian photography in a world. I’m convinced that exhibition viewers will get a new formula for a solution of many urban enigmas around us.

Edo Iglic had his second solo exhibition "Photo Essay Red" in the gallery of the Para?in Cultural Center from September 3rd  to 10th, 2021.

According to the words of Aleksandar M. Trbovi?, MF FSS, EFIAP, at the opening of the exhibition, it is envisaged as a photo essay on red color in everyday life and portraiture. The exhibition consists of 42 photographs taken in Serbia in the last nine years, from 2013 to 2021. The choice of the theme itself – red color, as well as the number of photographs - three and a half dozen, speaks of Edo's intention to make this exhibition artistic. Also, the photos are in 2x3 or 6x6 formats, making this exhibition consistent in terms of theme and form.

I remember group competition exhibitions where one of the topics was related to a particular color, e.g., "Green, I love you, green." I know that it was not easy for me to find four or six photos on that topic, and I know that it was not easy for others either because the least photos arrived for that category. And the green color of nature, and the blue color of the sky and water, are all around us. Unlike these widespread colors, we usually perceive the red color as a nuisance in photographs. To make the photo good, we try, for example, to reduce the intensity of the red hat in the background that distracts viewers' attention from the main subject or object of the photography. However, the red color was used by some of us in black and white photographs so that it highlighted red lips, a rose, or a carnation. I emphasize that these images were individual photographs. Contrary to most of us, Edo does not perceive red as a nuisance but builds a picture based on that color. And while for some, red color is a burden, or they use it on a single monochrome photo to emphasize something, Edo produces a color exhibition on the theme of red. I congratulate him on that!
Edo is attracted to the red color. It’s one peculiar attraction, given that red, as the most robust color, takes precedence over other colors, and it’s not easy to build a photo on it. Additional complexity arises when one recognizes the symbolic meaning of red color, ranging from love, fame, success, and beauty to danger, prohibition, and political orientation. Given the importance of red color in our lives, viewers should read Edo’s photographs with caution.
The color is not modified in these Edo's photos in image processing programs, and moreover, many pictures, regardless of the theme of red color, contain unreal scenes. All the images show people, some being fragments of everyday life, others portraits, and the third something between these two. A common feature of the photographs shown is the carefully constructed relationship between the foreground and the background, emphasizing red color. Also, Edo's photos shown here, just like all of his other images, are clean, as if they came out of some studio where visual commercials are being produced. Photographers usually look for old, dilapidated buildings for the background, which with their appearance give rhythm to the scene and emphasize the person in the foreground. In almost all of Edo Igli?'s photographs, the buildings in the background and the streets and all the surroundings are spotless, which often represents an additional difficulty that Edo successfully solves in his works. In addition, most of the photographs of everyday life in our country are in black and white, and Edo's depictions of daily life are in color, which is a bold step forward concerning other domestic photographers. Edo portrays the world around us as it is - in color. He is one of a few Serbian photographers who almost exclusively take photographs of everyday life (feature or life photography) in color, which sets him apart from the rest, among other things. 
I am not aware that anyone in Serbian photography had a solo exhibition on red color. Therefore, this thematic exhibition deserves special attention and a place in Serbian photography.
Edo Iglic's third one person shows, with a new theme "A Woman is a woman", was organized by the Photo Association of Serbia in cooperation with the Photo Club "CD 13" from Zrenjanin to the author who is on the first place in the list of the 10 most successful authors - members of the PAS in 2021. The exhibition was being held in the gallery of the Zrenjanin Cultural Center from September 23rd to 30th, 2022. 
According to the words of Petar Jon?i?, art historian, FA 1 PAS, the exhibition "A Woman is a woman" is conceived as a photo essay on the topic of the evolution of a woman from youth to old age, her place and role in everyday life and portraiture. The exhibition consists of 42 photographs (girls, women, old women) taken mostly in Serbia in the last twelve years, from 2011 to 2022, where the photos are in 2x3 or 6x6 formats, which makes this exhibition consistent in terms of theme - women, as well as form.
Feminist theories are all around us. With full rights. Since the sexual revolution, women have constantly advanced the idea of a transformation that is almost atypical for the stronger sex. The woman is the one who proved to us today that we live in a world ruled by women; they are the ones who show what they are, what they are not, what they want, what they don't want, what they can be and what makes them authentic and unique. The eternal question that torments men is whether women today can be alone in their indestructibility, toughness and perseverance. All theoretical interpretations about the development of women can never measure up to what can be defined by photography, which from its beginnings recorded women "for eternity", always clearly determining the evolution of appearance and spirit. 
In the concept of the exhibition "A woman is a woman", photographer Edo Igli? chose exactly that path, which, through his many years of work, consciously and imposed itself. In fact, in a large number of photographs, he patiently researched and photographed the contemporary woman he defined, both through her authentic physical appearance and through the space in which she moves or in which she finds herself for a moment. But it is only the first degree that determines the author's idea of the photographer. A much more important segment is the one that concerns the development path, the pictures of all stages of a woman's life, from birth to the last years. That sequence of events, from the moment when the girl, in her play, still does not know what her further life path is, what she will become and where she will go, makes the whole setting unique in the interpretation of the character and the question of whether all women have the same life choice or it is just a delusion of the still existing patriarchy in Serbia. 
On the other hand, Edo Igli? skillfully questions the dominance of women in the world of fashion, but does not directly enter the genre of fashion photography. It is a documentary interpretation of fashion, regardless of whether it is about teenage girls or women of the third age, who, according to the photographer's choice, form a system of behavior, a sociological phenomenon, a space of seduction, flirting with the environment, conceit or falling in love with a mobile phone. Edo Iglic tells us that dressing, makeup, and even the decision to be a soldier or just a proud mother, is for every woman a matter of deliberate "presentation" to the environment that can justify or criticize her appearance. 
In the choice of the photo frame, and this is also important, Edo Igli? makes a clear distinction between the portrait, which defines the character through the face, and the wider plan, which defines the character through the figure. Also, there are details, parts of the body that can be valuable information about the feminine mystique. The main characteristic of Edo Iglic's work, perhaps the most important in understanding the exhibition "A Woman is a woman", is the use of color. For this photographer, it has always been the most important segment of the author's stamp, because by observing colors, connecting the same and different segments of color in the environment, regardless of whether it is windows, murals or pictures at an exhibition, he clearly established himself as a photographer who controls the frame and recognizes how color functions in an art composition. For women who always want to be beautiful in the photo, it is certainly the most important detail, because of which they leave a mark that is followed by many and understood by only a few.