Drinkkov, Blagoja (Skopje, 7. ⅲ 1914) – Art photographer, screenwriter, film cameraman and director. He engaged in photographing since childhood. Before the Second World War, he recorded his first film-reportage “Catholic procession” (1935), then the film “The Bonsilation of Bitola” (1939), and after the liberation and the first prime minister parade in Skopje (1945). He was the first director of the Film Directorate of Macedonia, and then worked in “Vardar Film”, in the Ethnological Museum and in television Skopje. He is the author of a number of documentary films: “In the elections”, “Joyful Childhood” (1950), “White Stork” (1959), “Tired Traveler” (1961), etc. With exhibitions of photographs independently exhibited in Skopje (1955, 1970, 1984, 1991, 1993 and 1998), Paris (1977), Rome (1978), Cologne (1979), Frankfurt (1979), Bradford (1979), Stockholm (1982 ) Istanbul (1992) and Nuremberg (1993). From the multitude of photographs, I would distinguish the inevitable: “Bicket” (1935) “Dreaming at sunset” (1938), “Shepherk” (1946) and “Macedonian” (1954). It is declared for the Master of Art Photography from the AFIAP and winner of the “11 October” award for Lifetime Work (1994). BIB.: My Macedonia, Skopje, 2004 (photo album with 385 photos). S. Ml. Thrush
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