Photography Exhibition “Sarajevo 1992–1996 / The Longest Siege” by Mario Boccia

Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra and Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa, in cooperation with the M90 initiative, present photo exhibition by Italian photojournalist Mario Boccia, taken during the siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s. The black-and-white images he captured form a visual archive of a traumatic era, the harsh everyday life filled with fear and uncertainty that the residents of Sarajevo endured throughout the years of destruction of their city. These photographs are not only testimony to devastation and loss, but also to hope, dignity, and the invisible gestures of solidarity that held the community together.

Mario Boccia is a photojournalist and author of reports on global issues, as well as articles and photographs published in numerous Italian media outlets. For twenty years he worked in areas affected by war and poverty across Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, striving to find traces of hope even in the bleakest situations. He was a correspondent and reporter for the Italian daily il Manifesto from Sarajevo, Belgrade, Pristina, Skopje, Diyarbakır, and Baghdad. His photographs have been used to promote solidarity campaigns by many NGOs, non-profit organizations, and the United Nations.

The exhibition is curated by Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra and Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa.

The exhibition Sarajevo 1992–1996 / The Longest Siege will open on December 8 at 7:00 PM at M90 and will run until February 8, 2026, daily 10am – 8pm. Entrance is free.

The hosting of the exhibition is organized within the framework of the ‘Trancityons’ project, co-funded by the European Union (CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM).