In 2001, Almin Zrno took one of the most famous photographs called “Mother of Srebrenica”. It is a representation of the pain felt by women who lost their loved ones in the genocide.
So far it has traveled all over the world. It conveys a message and a lesson, especially to younger generations, about senseless suffering in the hope that this kind of crime will never happen again to anyone, anywhere and ever.
The woman in the photo is Suhra Malić. She lost two sons. She has long been handing out sweets to pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and others who come to the Memorial Center to pay their respects to those killed in the genocide.
“There was no one to give my sons as gifts, and I thank the sons of other mothers in this way because they remember my children,” she previously told Fena news agency.
She is especially happy to give gifts because she buys sweets from her disability allowance. Malić returned to Potočari from Vogošće, where she was in exile.
Zrno received two awards for this photo in 2002, the first was awarded by the Association of Journalists of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the best published photo, and the second by the Association of Fine Artists of Applied Arts and Designers (ULUPUBH) for the best photo design.
“The power of that photograph simply does not fade with the passage of time. Moreover, this photograph is more powerful, stronger and more necessary to me, perhaps more today than ever before. I get confirmation of this every time I expose it again, unfortunately on such a sad date as the 11th. This photo has been exhibited in most of the world’s metropolises. People are speechless in front of a mother whose pain is also woven into them. As long as genocide denial is on stage, we need Mother Srebrenica. That is my contribution to the fight for truth and justice,” Zrno told Klix.ba earlier.
He no longer takes this type of photography because, as he stated, he cannot build his happiness on someone else’s misfortune, Klix.ba writes.
