"I HATE L.A"
Artist: Andrei Mîndru
Curator: Sorin Florea
June - July 2024
About the exhibition:
“Returning as a stranger to a once imagined home.”
During the time Andrei Mîndru lived in Los Angeles, the first six months without a car were marked by interminable waits for buses and long walks to the metro. However, obtaining a driver’s license and purchasing his first car completely transformed his experience, giving him the freedom to explore the city in a completely different way. Photographing from the car with various cameras (Olympus Mju2, Ricoh Gr1, and Nikon F501), Mîndru captured authentic and dynamic moments of local life, transitioning from colour photos, which reflected LA’s famous light and saturation, to black-and-white images with strong contrast. Each photograph became a profound visual story of the city and its inhabitants.
About the artist:
Born in 1988 in the quiet embrace of the Bucovina region, Andrei Mîndru is much more than a film director – he is a storyteller who captures the essence of day-to-day life. His journey started with a camera, as he was documenting the unfiltered beauty of life throughout two decades of point-and-shoot photography. After training at a film school in Los Angeles, he didn’t just learn how to make films; he mastered the art of making you feel them.
Mîndru’s work dances along the fine line between commercial appeal and artistic depth. These are raw, intimate, sometimes unsettling glimpses into the human experience. Whether it’s a moment of laughter, a whisper of vulnerability, or a scene lingering in the shadows, Mîndru’s lens captures it all.
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