WAR PHOTO LIMITED — Attraction in Dubrovnik

Powerful, striking photography. This is quite a disturbing and difficult experience. The civil war photographs are particularly striking because of the recency if the conflict. It made me think that the children in the war scene photographs were probably amongst the people in the streets outside. So, it is a shocking but important reminder of war.

The closeness of the war images of the civil war make the other photographs from conflicts around the world much more harrowing than they might be if you encountered them in a different context. The photographs of child soldiers in Africa and the photographs of refugees in Myanmar are particularly emotive.

The dramatic and thought provoking nature of the exhibition content make the quality of the photography seem secondary but that is just a reflection of the photographers' skills.

The photography is quite brilliant and there are some compositions which are stunning in their technical genius.

This is an exhibition which should not be missed for so many reasons. It is probably too harrowing for younger children but, apart from the quality of the photography, it is a powerful and...

The gallery is located in a in an alleyway off the main track through the city. It was easy to find and clearlt marked outside. The two display floors are 1st and 2nd floor upstairs areas.

I didn't notice any provision for disabled access, refreshments or toilets but its worth phoning to ask. The staff are friendly and helpful.

There is are books and previous catalogues on sale. The ones I looked at were all well illustrated with intelligent, informative text.

The 2nd floor gallery had great examples of work from previous shows covering war zones from say Vietnam onwards. Including the tragic conflict(s) that raged in former Yugoslavia. I got the feeling these were a permanent display.

The 1st floor has temporary exhibitions. The one I saw was by an English photo journalist, documenting the Vietnam War in powerful black and white press shots. An American friend of mine received his call up papers before he left the British VIth form. I found it very moving and extraordinarily well presented.

I highly recommend...

Not a wholly negative experience, but there were some issues worth mentioning. It might be more accurate to call it a gallery and not a museum. It is a bit small, and there was quite minimal information about the conflicts depicted. In some cases, the short descriptions of the photos did not help much to contextualize. I also felt it was missing some information from the photographers themselves (there was one short description about one photographer in the special exhibition section). Also, this is just my opinion, but I found it a bit off-putting seeing prices to purchase prints of some of the photos in the information booklet they give you at the entrance.

Lastly, it is obviously a very sombre place to visit, and unfortunately while I was there, there was a rather loud discussion about global politics going on among a group of people at the front desk. The sound carried through practically the whole place, so it was difficult to properly focus...