The usage and circulation histories of individual negatives and photographs can be reconstructed using source materials from Jovan Ritopečki's estate. These mainly comprise published materials such as newspapers and magazines, which Ritopečki supplied with photographs and texts from the early 1970s onwards. In examining these, it is possible to determine which photographs from a series were selected, edited, and published, thereby illustrating how visual publicity was fostered through the selection and decision-making processes. This also serves to exemplify how photographic meaning shifts according to its usage context. When the history of a photograph’s production and dissemination is unknown—often referred to as the ‘social life of images’—their historical significance can only be grasped in part. The circulation and use of Ritopečki`s photographs among Yugoslav workers’ clubs is exemplified by two sources: an album and a collection of large-format prints, which likely served as the basis for exhibitions at the Jedinstvo workers' club in Vienna, offering insight into how Ritopečki’s work was utilized within this community.