The
Person
Behind.

I'm Šime — a photographer based in Zagreb. Born on an island, raised on skateboarding, formed by music, pulled into photography by a single moment I couldn't stop thinking about. I shoot events, bold editorial, and fashion that has something to say. The frame has to hit — or it doesn't make the cut.

Šime Bilić
Zagreb, Croatia · Worldwide
©26
5+
Years
professional
80+
Events
documented
3
Distinct bodies
of work
36
Years old,
zero plans to slow down

Island
Born.
World
Bound.

It didn't start with a camera course or a brand strategy. It started on a skateboard in Betina — a small town on the island of Murter — with a Canon Powershot and a Sony tape camcorder we'd pass between sessions. That's where the obsession with dynamic, cinematic frames began. Before I had a word for it.

Years of other things followed. Music production — Drum and Bass under the name Outcrier, then synthwave as Velocity Zero. DJing across Europe. Modelling. Running events. Ten years working Garden Festivals on the coast. Creativity was never the problem. A camera just wasn't part of it yet.

Then 2020. The world stopped. My friend Tina — a professional model at the time — handed me an opportunity I didn't know I was waiting for. She pushed me to pick up a camera and start shooting seriously. I did. Those first frames defined my direction before I even understood what direction meant.

Since then the work has grown into three distinct bodies. Events — the energy, the dancefloor, the performers before the last track drops. Deserted Depth — bold, cinematic editorial; dark, dramatic, unapologetic. Fashion & Beauty — brand campaigns and editorials where every frame has a reason. The through-line: I'm not trying to document what something looks like. I'm trying to show what it feels like.

01
Story over technique

A technically perfect image with nothing to say is worth nothing. What makes a photo great is story — the visual communication of something meaningful. If a frame doesn't say anything, it doesn't stay.

02
Emotion, chaos, soul

What makes me press the shutter is emotion, asymmetry, motion — a moment of soul. I'm not looking for the composed and clean. I'm looking for the thing that makes you feel something you can't quite name.

03
Cinematic over comfortable

My editing has a signature. It leans cinematic — warm, intentional, a little dramatic. I don't apply the same treatment to everything, but the instinct is always towards something that looks like it belongs in a film frame.

04
Adaptable, not random

Events need speed and instinct. Editorial needs direction and stillness. Fashion needs a strong concept before anyone touches a shutter. I work in all three — they demand different things and I give them exactly that.

— What I shoot

Three bodies of work

— Tools

What's in the bag

Body Sony A7 IV
Lens Sigma 20mm f/1.4 Art
Lens Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art
Lens Sigma 105mm f/1.4 Art
Flash Godox (events — used sparingly)
Edit Lightroom · Signature preset
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