FotoDoc
  • Home
  • Contest
    • FotoDoc Photo Contest 2025
      • Enter nowopen call !
      • Latest entries
      • Guidelines
    • FotoDoc Photo Contest 2024 – Winners
    • FotoDoc Photo Contest 2023 – Winners
  • Festival
    • FotoDoc Festival 2025
    • FotoDoc Festival 2024
    • FotoDoc Festival 2023
    • FotoDoc Festival 2022
  • About
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • English
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Contest
    • FotoDoc Photo Contest 2025
      • Enter nowopen call !
      • Latest entries
      • Guidelines
    • FotoDoc Photo Contest 2024 – Winners
    • FotoDoc Photo Contest 2023 – Winners
  • Festival
    • FotoDoc Festival 2025
    • FotoDoc Festival 2024
    • FotoDoc Festival 2023
    • FotoDoc Festival 2022
  • About
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • English
No Result
View All Result
FotoDoc
No Result
View All Result
Silent Stories

The look

Silent Stories

Petra LjuticbyPetra Ljutic
8 de May de 2025
in Photo Essay

Selected in FotoDoc Photo Contest 2025

“Silent Stories” is a photographic journey through Zanzibar’s layered everyday — an essay told not in words, but in glances, gestures, and shadows. Each frame captures a quiet fragment of life.

These are stories that speak without sound — stories etched into skin by salt and sun, carried in the folds of fabric, or reflected in a child’s steady gaze. They unfold in moments of pause: between work and rest, land and sea, past and future.

In a place where history lingers in coral stone and modern rhythms ripple through tradition, this photo series invites the viewer to slow down — to listen with the eyes. It is a meditation on presence, on the poetry of the ordinary, and on the deep narratives held in the everyday lives of people who may never speak their stories aloud, but whose silence resonates deeply.

Between the ebb and flow of tides, there exists a sacred stillness — a pause — where the soul of the island reveals itself.

This essay is a tribute to that space. To the people who live within it. To the unspoken stories they carry, and the fleeting beauty of light before it moves on.

In the distance
Stillness in her eyes
The girl
Cuteness
Fisherman
Those eyes
Together

Open Call! Submit Your Work to FotoDoc 2025

Petra Ljutic

Petra Ljutic

Petra is a multidisciplinary visual artist and photographer with a passion for storytelling through imagery.Over the years, I’ve actively participated in a wide range of international projects, collaborations, workshops, and events across both the art and creative sectors. Photography is my primary focus, but I continuously seek to expand my skills and knowledge in various creative fields. Through my work, I aim to capture moments that tell compelling stories, evoke emotion, and showcase the beauty in the world around us—whether it's through the lens of portraits, landscapes, or documentary photography.

Related Content

Related Posts

Rio, ritos e rezas
Photo Essay

Rio, ritos e rezas

Ensaio fotográfico documental Este ensaio é parte de uma expedição fotográfica em curso pelo rio São Francisco, iniciada em outubro...

bynilo2anjos
1 de June de 2025
Infância em estado líquido
Photo Essay

Infância em estado líquido

Certo dia, guiado pelo acaso dos caminhos, cheguei a Águas da Prata. Era apenas uma pausa na viagem, até que...

byKadu Lima
1 de June de 2025
Feira de Ervas
Photo Essay

Feira de Ervas

Antes mesmo que meus olhos enxergassem as barracas da feira, meu nariz já estava em êxtase. Era um cheiro denso,...

byKarol Santiago
31 de May de 2025
O ringue de neon
Photo Essay

O ringue de neon

Em meio às luzes pulsantes e ao cheiro espesso da noite de Bangkok, um ringue brilha sob os refletores de...

byDio Bastoge
31 de May de 2025
Insubmissão acadêmica
Photo Essay

Insubmissão acadêmica

Este ensaio foi produzido durante meu pós-doutorado na UNT (Texas), entre os anos de 2018 e 2020, uma das universidades...

byMarilu Cruz
31 de May de 2025
Renovação das Utopias
Photo Essay

Renovação das Utopias

Passeio Imagético na Obra-Instalação Magic Square #3 Este ensaio fotográfico constitui um passeio imagético na obra-instalação de Hélio Oiticica (1937/1980),...

byCarlos Madson Reis
30 de May de 2025
  • Home
  • Contest
  • Festival
  • About
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • English
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Contest
    • FotoDoc Photo Contest 2025
      • Enter now
      • Latest entries
      • Guidelines
    • FotoDoc Photo Contest 2024 – Winners
    • FotoDoc Photo Contest 2023 – Winners
  • Festival
    • FotoDoc Festival 2025
    • FotoDoc Festival 2024
    • FotoDoc Festival 2023
    • FotoDoc Festival 2022
  • About
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • English

Vertente Fotografia © 2023