Fragments of Another World (Serbia, Negotin)

This newsstand in Negotin , eastern Serbia , is part of a vanishing urban landscape. Beneath a parasol labeled Jelen Pivo , hundreds of titles are lined up: local magazines , foreign press, crossword puzzles, TV listings. Once nerve centers of daily life, these kiosks served multiple functions: information point, mini-grocery store, social link.

Unlike in France , where kiosks have been renovated, regulated and standardized, those in Serbia have retained a rough, makeshift, often family-run appearance. They are part of a local economy , inherited from the post-Yugoslav period, where resourcefulness prevailed over standards.

Today, few passersby stop there. Paper is losing ground to screens, and these kiosks—although still present in public spaces—are becoming silent witnesses to an analogous urban culture , threatened with extinction.