BAJINA BASTA, SERBIA – A HOUSE SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRINA RIVER NEAR THE TOWN OF BAJINA BASTA IN SERBIA. MOST PEOPLE DREAM OF OWNING A HOME BY THE RIVER – BUT MILIJA MANDIC HAS GONE ONE FURTHER AND BUILT A HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE. THE SERBIAN BUILT HIS FIRST HOUSE ON THE RIVER DRINA IN 1968 WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS AND HAS GONE ON TO REBUILD IT SIX TIMES DUE TO STORMS AND FLOODING. PHOTOGRAPHER IRENE BECKER, WHO CAPTURED THIS IMAGE IN THE TORA NATIONAL PARK, MET MR MANDIC AND LEARNED HIS STORY. PHOTOGRAPH BY IRENE BECKER, BARCROFT MEDIA %_ 108689 _% – 01-00244959000001 – BARCROFT MEDIA