Pavo Urban

Pavo Urban (1 August 1968 – 6 December 1991) was a Croatian photographer, killed during the Croatian War of Independence.

Pavo Urban
Born	(1968-08-01)1 August 1968 Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Died	6 December 1991(1991-12-06) (aged 23) Dubrovnik, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Occupation	Photographer

Biography

He attended the Dubrovnik Maritime College. He started doing photographs in the high school, and was accepted in the photography department of the Academy of Dramatic Art of the University of Zagreb.[1][2]

However, instead of attending the Academy he briefly joined the Croatian War of Independence as a volunteer fighting in Župa dubrovačka, and then he started photographing the Siege of Dubrovnik for the Dubrovacki Vjesnik, the Slobodna Dalmacija and the Croatian Ministry of Information, documenting the shelling and its consequences.[2]

In the morning of 6 December 1991 he was deadly hit by a shell fragment while he was taking his last photographs.[2]

Heritage

Part of his work, including a series of 12 photos he took just before he was killed, his now part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Dubrovnik.[3][4] His photographs has been shown in several exhibitions.[5]

References

1. "Pavo Urban". Hrvatska enciklopedija (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
2. Vladisavljevic, Anja. "Croatian Photographer Killed While Shooting Final Picture". Last Despatches. Balkan Insight. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
3. "Collection". Umjetnička galerija Dubrovnik. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
4. "The Last Shot I – Pavo Urban". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
5. "Pavo Urban – Posljednje slike". FotoGard (in Croatian). 5 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

See also

• List of journalists killed in Europe
• Gordan Lederer

External links

• "Pavo Urban". Retrieved 3 December 2019.
• Zubrinic, Darko (8 June 2008). "Croatian Heroes: Pavo Urban defended Dubrovnik with his camera". Croatian World Network. Retrieved 3 December 2019.