FAQ Sorin Florea Ce este Școala de Fotografie? Școala de Fotografie este un proiect derulat de Centrul de Resurse în Fotografie. Totodată, cursul integral de la Școala de Fotografie este unul dintre cele mai complexe programe de învățare a fotografiei din câte există la această oră în România. Care sunt valorile noastre? Credem în talentul fotografilor români și vrem să contribuim la internaționalizarea fotografiei românești. Totodată, urmărim să construim comunități de pasionați de fotografie și să fim o punte între fotografii români și publicul de fotografie. În fotografie, niciun subiect nu este interzis. Îi încurajăm/expunem mai ales pe fotografii curajoși, dispuși să exploreze și să spargă tipare. Cine poate participa la Școala de Fotografie? Oricine are pasiune pentru fotografie, fie că a mai studiat sau nu până acum fotografie, fie că are sau nu o bază teoretică/practică. Limita de vârstă este de 16 ani (pentru intrarea în examen și obținerea certificatului de specializare în fotografie este necesară vârsta minimă de 18 ani). Ioana Moldovan Cât durează cursul integral de la Școala de Fotografie? Pentru ca toți cursanții să își poată face din vreme agenda, orarul este stabilit și anunțat din timp - vezi mai multe detalii aici. https://www.cdrf.ro/event-details/scoala-de-fotografie Atenție: avem doar douăzeci de locuri și nu vom aloca altele noi, pentru ca să putem munci serios cu fiecare cursant în parte. Cursurile se țin marțea și miercurea, seara (partea teoretică). Partea practică – în weekend. În total vor fi 180 de ore, șaizeci de teorie și de două ori mai multe de practică. Silviu Gheție Ce beneficii ai? Cursul se încheie cu o expoziție colectivă, organizată de Centrul de Resurse în Fotografie. Cursanții se pot înscrie la examenul de absolvire, iar cei care reușesc să îl treacă vor primi un certificat de absolvire pentru specializarea de fotograf, specializare acreditată de Ministerul Muncii și Solidarității Sociale, prin Comisia de autorizare a furnizorilor de formare profesională a adulților din Municipiul București – certificatul este valabil la nivel european (atenție: sunt necesare minim studii liceale pentru a obține calificarea). Networking: intri într-o rețea internațională de fotografi, iar celor mai buni dintre cursanți le vom asigura expunere/expoziții în viitor. Vei avea acces la Biblioteca de la Centrul de Resurse în Fotografie, care conține numeroase lucrări utile unui viitor fotograf profesionist. Ce profesori predau la Școala de Fotografie? Printre cei mai buni din România, fiecare dintre ei având un CV redutabil și o zonă de expertiză clar delimitată: Cornel Lazia (Cornel predă modulul în care înveți cum să îți faci un portofoliu), Ioana Moldovan (Ioana predă storytelling), Cristina Irian (Cristina predă istoria fotografiei), Ionuț Staicu (Ionuț predă modulul de aprofundare a fotografiei/folosire a luminii în fotografie), PAC (predă modulul de tehnică fotografică), Sorin Florea (Sorin predă modulul în care înveți cum să faci din fotografie un business & modulul despre folosirea conceptului în fotografie & o parte din modulul despre folosirea luminii în fotografie), Adi Bulboacă (modulul despre cum îți construiești un stil personal în fotografie). Cristian Crisbășan Poți urma doar un modul din cursul integral? Cursul integral este compus din mai multe module, poți alege să urmezi doar unul sau mai multe module (iar dacă în decurs de doi ani le urmezi pe toate, poți da examenul pentru acreditare). Modulele sunt: Istoria Fotografiei Tehnică Fotografică Aprofundarea fotografiei (modulul despre folosirea luminii în fotografie) Stil personal în fotografie Folosirea conceptului în fotografie (cum definești și dezvolți un concept în fotografie) Storytelling Portofoliu Fotografia ca business. Hajdu Tamas Poți urma doar lecții specifice dintr-un modul? Da. Modulele, la rândul lor, sunt o sumă de cursuri, de lecții specifice. Dacă nu ai timp să urmezi un modul întreg, poți face doar câteva lecții din modul. De pildă, la Bazele/Istoria fotografiei învățăm despre: Preistoria fotografiei, aristocrația fotografiei, democrația fotografiei, early digital, principalele curente și mișcări în fotografie în Europa și SUA, tipuri de fotografii și citirea/ construcția acestora, cum poți folosi istoria fotografiei în practica de zi cu zi. Poți alege să urmezi doar una dintre aceste lecții. La modulul de Tehnică fotografică poți alege, de asemenea, să urmezi doar o singură lecție care conține 3 ore de teorie și 6 de practică. Lecțiile sunt despre: folosirea echipamentului (ai nevoie, pentru început, de un aparat foto digital cu control manual cu măcar un obiectiv 50mm sau zoom echivalent și un laptop cu program de procesare instalat), setări, expunere, efecte fotografice, compoziție, perspective, proiectul fotografic și genurile fotografice, stilul fotografic și postprocesare. La modulul de Aprofundare a Fotografiei/Cum folosim lumina în fotografie poți alege să urmezi doar o singură lecție (sau mai multe, oricum să urmezi cursul parțial), dintre cele pe care le oferim: propagarea luminii, efectul asupra subiectului și modificatori, lumina în studio, lumina naturală. La modulul de Stil personal/Noțiuni de estetică poți alege să urmezi o singură lecție, fie despre curente fotografice din ultimii cincizeci de ani, fie despre fotografia contemporană. Pentru definirea unui stil personal ai oricum nevoie de un profesor care să îți arate câteva direcții în care te poți îndrepta. La noi, Adi Bulboacă este acel profesor. La modulul de Concept (folosirea conceptului în fotografie) poți alege să urmezi o singură lecție dintre cele pe care le propunem: descoperirea intereselor personale în fotografie, definirea motivației, definirea unui concept și dezvoltarea conceptului. La modulul de Storytelling poți alege să urmezi, de asemenea, una sau mai multe lecții dintre cele pe care le propune profesoara Ioana Moldovan: asemănări și deosebiri între fotografie și mediul scris; folosirea valorilor narative în diverse genuri fotografice; cum folosești timpul ca participant/actant la poveste; noțiuni introductive de fotografie documentară; povești în imagini prin fotografia documentară. La modulul de Portofoliu poți alege să urmezi o singură lecție/mai multe dintre cele propuse de profesorul Cornel Lazia: importanța portofoliului și cum îl adaptezi în funcție de context; portofoliul – între print și mediile de socializare on-line; pregătirea unui portofolio review; metode alternative de încorporare a portofoliului în diverse formate de promovare; conceperea și construcția unui portofoliu (etapele acestui proces și alegerea formatului în funcție de context, adaptarea portofoliului în funcție de conținutul & contextul prezentării). Atenție: cursanții vor avea ședințe finale de portofolio review și mentorat cu profesorii/fotografii CDRF. Adi Bulboacă Unde se desfășoară Școala de Fotografie? La sediul Centrului de Resurse în Fotografie: în București, pe Strada Popa Tatu, la numărul 68. Cornel Lazia

Call for visual artists from Norway and Romania We are thankful to all the artists who have sent applications for our call. After evaluation, the two selected proposals are from: Virginia Lupu Ilina Schileru Soon we will announce further details. UPDATE: The application period is extended by 2 weeks. The new application deadline is the 26th of February 2023, 11:59 PM. Consequently, the results will be announced on the 3rd of March; the residency will take place during the 10th of March - 10th of April 2023. Theme: Sexualization of women and femininity within a minority living in Romania The artistic residency aims to explore the sexualization of women and femininity within a minority, from the propagation of the phenomenon to common traits, customs and repercussions found within the community. The residency involves the collaboration between two visual artists who work mainly with photography, to create one or more works. The two artists will be selected by the CdRF team following this call. We accept applications only from Norwegian and Romanian artists. We do not aim a specific amount of works. Promotion and exposure: - two joint events to present the artistic approach and discuss with the audience held in Bucharest, ar the Resource Center for Photography; - a final exhibition with the work/ works held in Bucharest, at the Resource Center for Photography; - a workshop/ masterclass held by each of the two artists on a topic relevant to the artistic endeavour, in Bucharest, at the Resource Center for Photography. Residence duration: one month (10th of March – 10th of April 2023) Budget: 20.000 lei/ artist (approximately 4000 EUR) which covers the artist's fee and logistical expenses for accommodation, transport etc. The Photography Resource Centre as organiser retains partial rights to the final work or works. The call is open until February 26, 2023, 11:59 P.M. Applicants must send an email at hello@cdrf.ro with the following: - a brief description (maxim one A4 page) of the artistic project proposal for the residence; - portofolio in pdf format. We will announce the selection results on the website www.cdrf.ro on the 3rd of March 2023. For questions please contact us at hello@cdrf.ro

Meetings Informal discussions where we invite you to chat. We will also have special guests, it won't just be us and our photographers. We hold these meetings to get to know each other and to plan the development of CDRF so that it fits the needs of the photography-consuming and creative public. Fotografia și scrierea creativă Nov 07, 2025, 6:00 PM – Dec 06, 2025, 10:00 PM Centrul de Resurse în Fotografie, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Cum îmi prezint munca, pe mine și viziunea mea artistică Details Black and White Development Introductory Workshop Data și ora urmează să le stabilim împreună Sediul CdRF, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Learn to develop your own film and work in the darkroom Details 1-on-1 Workshop in the Development Room Data și ora urmează să le stabilim împreună CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Light, expose and control the image on photographic paper Details Visual anthropology workshop, an introduction Oct 12, 2025, 11:10 AM – Oct 18, 2025, 5:00 PM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania "Does looking mean understanding?" – Visual explorations between memory, identity and narrative Details PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL #5 Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 PM CdRF headquarters, Popa Tatu Street 68, Bucharest, Romania 8 lecturers, all professional photographers active in artistic and/or commercial photography who will provide information, guidance, support and advice to each individual student, adapted to the needs and knowledge of each one Details Introductory Course: Photography in China and Japan: Visual Narratives between Tradition and Modernity Jul 16, 2025, 6:00 PM – Jul 24, 2025, 9:00 PM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania "Does looking mean understanding?" – Visual explorations between memory, identity and narrative Details The Photography Project - From idea to implementation Jul 12, 2025, 11:00 AM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Recommended level: intermediate - advanced Details Fine Art Photography - Project, Process, Market - Masterclass with Bogdan Gîrbovan May 24, 2025, 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Recommended level: intermediate - advanced Details Multiple Dates 1-on-1 Workshop in the Development Room Apr 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Light, expose and control the image on photographic paper Details КИО / KIO opening Apr 12, 2025, 6:00 PM Popa Tatu 68, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Learn more Multiple Dates Black and White Development Introductory Workshop Apr 10, 2025, 6:00 PM – Apr 11, 2025, 9:00 PM Sediul CdRF, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Learn to develop your own film and work in the darkroom Details Opening of "Lingua Matrimonia Study No. 17" by Eliza Lupu - March 20, 6:00 PM Mar 20, 2025, 6:00 PM Popa Tatu 68, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania We invite you to discover "Lingua Matrimonia Study No. 17" - the exhibition signed by visual artist and conceptual photographer Eliza Lupu, which will take place on March 20, at 6:00 PM, at Popa Tatu 68. Learn more Fotomarket #6 Mar 08, 2025, 10:00 AM Sediul CdRF, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Learn more SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY #4 Feb 10, 2025, 6:00 PM CdRF headquarters, Popa Tatu Street 68, Bucharest, Romania 8 lecturers, all professional photographers active in artistic and/or commercial photography who will provide information, guidance, support and advice to each individual student, adapted to the needs and knowledge of each Details Workshop of show photography Dec 21, 2024, 10:00 AM CdRF, Popa Tatu Street 68, Bucharest, Romania December 21, 2024 Duration: 6 hours Place: a performance hall Recommended level: intermediate Price: 600 lei Details Fotomarket #5 Dec 07, 2024, 10:00 AM Popa Tatu 68, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Learn more DĂ DIN CASĂ Nov 30, 2024, 10:00 AM Popa Tatu 68, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Learn more Light in the studio Nov 12, 2024, 6:00 PM CdRF, Popa Tatu Street 68, Bucharest, Romania November 12, 2024 – December 14, 2024 Duration: 21 hours Place: CdRF Recommended level: beginner Price: 2100 lei Details Load More

Workshops Fotografia și scrierea creativă Nov 07, 2025, 6:00 PM – Dec 06, 2025, 10:00 PM Centrul de Resurse în Fotografie, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Cum îmi prezint munca, pe mine și viziunea mea artistică Details Black and White Development Introductory Workshop Data și ora urmează să le stabilim împreună Sediul CdRF, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Learn to develop your own film and work in the darkroom Details 1-on-1 Workshop in the Development Room Data și ora urmează să le stabilim împreună CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Light, expose and control the image on photographic paper Details Visual anthropology workshop, an introduction Oct 12, 2025, 11:10 AM – Oct 18, 2025, 5:00 PM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania "Does looking mean understanding?" – Visual explorations between memory, identity and narrative Details PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL #5 Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 PM CdRF headquarters, Popa Tatu Street 68, Bucharest, Romania 8 lecturers, all professional photographers active in artistic and/or commercial photography who will provide information, guidance, support and advice to each individual student, adapted to the needs and knowledge of each one Details Introductory Course: Photography in China and Japan: Visual Narratives between Tradition and Modernity Jul 16, 2025, 6:00 PM – Jul 24, 2025, 9:00 PM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania "Does looking mean understanding?" – Visual explorations between memory, identity and narrative Details The Photography Project - From idea to implementation Jul 12, 2025, 11:00 AM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Recommended level: intermediate - advanced Details Fine Art Photography - Project, Process, Market - Masterclass with Bogdan Gîrbovan May 24, 2025, 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Recommended level: intermediate - advanced Details Multiple Dates 1-on-1 Workshop in the Development Room Apr 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM CdRF headquarters, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Light, expose and control the image on photographic paper Details КИО / KIO opening Apr 12, 2025, 6:00 PM Popa Tatu 68, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Learn more Multiple Dates Black and White Development Introductory Workshop Apr 10, 2025, 6:00 PM – Apr 11, 2025, 9:00 PM Sediul CdRF, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania Learn to develop your own film and work in the darkroom Details Opening of "Lingua Matrimonia Study No. 17" by Eliza Lupu - March 20, 6:00 PM Mar 20, 2025, 6:00 PM Popa Tatu 68, 68 Popa Tatu Street, Bucharest 010806, Romania We invite you to discover "Lingua Matrimonia Study No. 17" - the exhibition signed by visual artist and conceptual photographer Eliza Lupu, which will take place on March 20, at 6:00 PM, at Popa Tatu 68. Learn more Fotomarket #6 Mar 08, 2025, 10:00 AM Sediul CdRF, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Learn more SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY #4 Feb 10, 2025, 6:00 PM CdRF headquarters, Popa Tatu Street 68, Bucharest, Romania 8 lecturers, all professional photographers active in artistic and/or commercial photography who will provide information, guidance, support and advice to each individual student, adapted to the needs and knowledge of each Details Workshop of show photography Dec 21, 2024, 10:00 AM CdRF, Popa Tatu Street 68, Bucharest, Romania December 21, 2024 Duration: 6 hours Place: a performance hall Recommended level: intermediate Price: 600 lei Details Fotomarket #5 Dec 07, 2024, 10:00 AM Popa Tatu 68, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Learn more DĂ DIN CASĂ Nov 30, 2024, 10:00 AM Popa Tatu 68, Strada Popa Tatu 68, București 010806, România Learn more Light in the studio Nov 12, 2024, 6:00 PM CdRF, Popa Tatu Street 68, Bucharest, Romania November 12, 2024 – December 14, 2024 Duration: 21 hours Place: CdRF Recommended level: beginner Price: 2100 lei Details Load More

Services We live in fast-paced times, and our lives are excessively documented visually, online and in social media. The digital world is growing, and the amount of photographic material produced is increasing. How do we proceed with the photographic material already produced? How do we keep it, how do we easily search for a certain photo taken in the past? Moreover, how do we manage and protect the archives stored over the years on analog media? Whether it's archiving and storing your photos, or needing creative input in compiling or evaluating your image portfolio, the CdRF team will advise you. Choose one of the services below or write to us directly if the aspect you want to clarify with us is not listed yet. As soon as our space (link to the Space page) will be set up, you will find our other services here - appointments for access to our small photo studio or to the library with well-chosen titles, from legendary photo albums to international editorial news. Leave us your email address, we'll give you a sign when we're ready! Nothing to book right now. Check back soon.

Resources Informal discussions where we invite you to chat. We will also have special guests, it won't just be us and our photographers. We hold these meetings to get to know each other and to plan the development of CDRF so that it fits the needs of the photography-consuming and creative public. Educational resources A course of 180 hours, with 4 modules and 6 lecturers, intended for all those who want to take photography from a to z, or from the history of photography to a personal portfolio. The course is accredited by the ANC, with participants having the opportunity to opt for the exam and obtain the specialization diploma. Details A series of short courses , on various topics, intended for both photographers and amateurs or the public. Some are educational, some are professional. Details Photography workshops , designed to be a creative experience, an opportunity to practice and an opportunity to socialize. The workshops are 70% practical, 25% feedback and 5% theory. Details Masterclasses about photography. We bring both Romanian and international photographers. In 2023 we will have 3 masterclasses held by photographers from Norway. Details Over 100 albums, books and magazines with and about photography in library ; to which we add access to all major streaming platforms for good movies to visually analyze. Studio and developing room designed for learning and experimentation and workstations for practicing processing. Details Professional resources Personalized services , designed for professional development. We can talk about work processes and archive management, photo sales or simply support for portfolio development. Details Area the center is at your disposal for photo selection and processing sessions, for work meetings or for smaller photography projects that require studio resources. Also, CdRF team is in the area and can support with information, advice or advice (requested). Details Community resources Meetings weekly community events with special guests, discussions and networking. Meetings become both an educational and a professional resource Details Exhibitions, openings and other events Fantasy ; opportunities to create, to admire, to meet new artists. Details

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About the project The "Photography Resource Center" project started from the desire to support the development and professionalization of the photographic community in Romania, at the moment there is a lack of community management and representation structures. Perhaps the biggest challenge of a freelance photographer is the fact that he has to be an artist, manager, salesman, PR and sometimes an accountant at the same time. In the case of amateur photographers, the challenge lies in the lack of finality of the artistic act and in the difficult process of entering the market. The public of events dedicated strictly to photography is a niche and relatively small one. Thus, the project proposes the creation of a photography resource center, which, in addition to a dedicated space, will offer educational programs, professional development programs, artistic events and products, and support services for professional photographers; the beneficiaries of the project will be the center's team, 2 visual artists, 158 professional and amateur photographers, 1215 event participants, 3 talented young people and 3 photographers from Norway. The role of the photography resource center is to connect photographers with each other, and photographers with other professionals in other fields. It also wants to be a nursery where amateur photographers can develop, to be able to take the step towards professionalization. Last but not least, the general objective is to become the most important photo resource center in Romania by developing a management structure for the community of photographers in Bucharest and in the country. The specific objectives aim at: The development of a photo resource center in Bucharest which, by the end of the project, will offer a comprehensive range of resources and services for Romanian photographers, thus contributing to the professionalization and artistic development of the community and Increasing the access of at least 158 photographers to professional development programs and at least 1215 people to artistic events by the end of the project, helping to increase access and diversify cultural products. The project activities include the development of the center in the first year of implementation (mentoring for the team, organizing the space and the program) and the organization in the second year of a series of programs and events including workshops, courses, masterclasses, exhibitions, etc. The center will provide the following resources: --Physical resources – library equipped with books and photo albums, computers with specific software for photo processing, workspaces and at least one fully equipped photo studio; --Resources to facilitate skills development – authorized courses, photography workshops, masterclasses and portfolio assessments, discussions and information transfer opportunities for professional and amateur photographers; --Resources for promoting photographers – exhibitions, author photography sales events and creative residencies. The partner from Norway - Morten Bruun - will be actively involved in the construction of the center and the services offered, providing lecturers and mentors from Norway, communicating the project in Norway and supporting the development of the center. The results of the project are 3 jobs, 1215 participants in cultural activities, 1 SME supported, 7 professionals with skills/expertise developed at the workplace, 22 contemporary art activities supported and the strengthening of bilateral collaboration. The Photography Resource Center project is financed by the EEA Grants 2014 - 2021 within the RO-CULTURE Program. ..... The EEA Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway towards a green, competitive and inclusive Europe. There are two overall objectives: reduction of economic and social disparities in Europe, and to strengthen bilateral relations between the donor countries and 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics. The three donor countries cooperate closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The donors have provided €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes between 1994 and 2014. For the period 2014-2021, the EEA Grants amount to €1.55 billion. More details are available on: www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro . RO-CULTURE is implemented in Romania by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit. The Programme aims at strengthening social and economic development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management. The total budget amounts to almost 34 million EUR. For more details access: www.ro-cultura.ro

BECOMING SILVIU GHEȚIE English Interview with Silviu Gheție When did you start taking pictures? I have been doing it for a very long time. I was about 20 years old, I started in ‘87. But the beginning was much more difficult because you didn't have access to materials, to information. I was self-taught, I worked in cellarss and I was taught how to enlarge by a guy who didn’ t really know how to do it either. But it was very exciting that I could express myself through photography. Me who was very confused and technical - I couldn't have painted, for example, I wouldn't have had the patience. You know that moment when you're in the present for a second or two and you snap the picture? That's how much I resisted staying in the present. One second - two. I was very agitated. I was looking in the mirror and I saw the face of a bunny. I couldn't take myself seriously. How did you go from miner to photographer? I was a student of mining sub-engineers and I worked half-time in the mine as a miner's helper, cleaning, supplying... And in the afternoons I went to classes. I was employed half-time, so I only worked 2 weeks a month. And one evening I was late for classes, I was walking in the halls of the faculty and I see an open door - I had already started taking pictures; I thought I was pretty good. It was after the revolution. And I saw an open door where a toilet was supposed to be, but it was disused and usually the door was always closed. The door is open, I see a photo lab, an old man. I say: Hello! Hello! Is this a photo lab? I take pictures too. Yes, look, I'm retiring now. And who comes in your place? I do not know. And how should I try? Well, ask the staff. I was completely innocent and had no idea how these things worked. I went to those ladies, as he told me. I asked around and entered the competition alone and ended up the university photographer. That's how I first became a photographer. In the meantime, I was collaborating with the first newspaper in Baia Mare and with all that I was super bored. I had too much time. I would arrive at 10 and leave at 12 because I was bored - that's a job where you had to stay. And I stayed there until I got a job at the second newspaper. That's how I became a photographer. What is the story of the picture of the man with the newspaper? He was the head of the communist party. The communist party was re-established for a short time after the revolution and his name was Ion Tution. He came to the newsroom - I don't know much about him. After he talked to the others, I called him there in a room, let me take your picture. He was a character, I saw him, with that crutch... And I made two pictures of Ion Tution like this, zac - zac. I have another one like that, Olteanu, quite a strange character from that period. He appears in the picture with the trombone and the rally behind. I photographed him because he was the head of the Romanian Communist Party in Baia Mare after the revolution and his name was Ion Tution. And he had a crutch like a saint. (editor’s note) The interview begins as an interview, but continues as a series of memories, as a discussion between two friends. Here you are looking at memory fragments; just as the memories do not respect a structural rigor, so this exhibition does not respect a rigor of exhibitions either. It is like a continuous flow produced by the hippocampus, neocortex and amygdala, rendered to you in a series of images and words. the 90s The picture of the cow, the woman and the tower is a classic. I was returning from a work trip with my colleagues from the newspaper and I asked them to make a pitstop because I had started a series with the tower - I thought since it is among the tallest towers in Europe it must be like the Eiffel Tower. And how many pictures are there of the Eiffel Tower, why wouldn't the Baia Mare Tower be my Eiffel. I started a life time project - I still have many pictures of the tower - I liked this image a lot because the background was good, everything was perfect. I've got the tower and our football stadium with the tower behind it and then just the empty stadium with one person sitting there - that's what I was doing at the time. Here I was influenced at that time by... you know these art photographers from the communist era who were taking these beautiful pictures with a guy in a suit playing the violin, with instruments that are photogenic, brass instruments set in the park with fog, a brass instrument or a violin on a bench, this style of pictures. And, no, most of them now seem like sentimentalities to me. The trombone, therefore, is a cultural quote from the repertoire of great art photographers – the trombone against the rally background seemed very appropriate to me. That was the idea. The union no longer exists, I don't know how many people from that picture no longer exist. This Phoenix is related to the tower because it is the union of the tower - you can put it next to the picture of the cow and the tower and they are related - with the history of the city. This is from my press days, that’s why I was at the rally. It was a beer drinking contest organized by local television. And that's pretty much the story. It's Bergenbier. They would drink, then go to the toilet, then drink again, until the first throw up. I went to the contest for the newspaper, but I took pictures for myself. I also gave them to the newspaper, but I always did them for myself. I didn't really care for the paper. I considered myself good enough not to care too much, and they appreciated me and left me alone. I liked my colleagues from the former newspaper - "Pentru Socialism" which became "Graiul Maramuresului" - they were fair play in a way, compared to what is now in the press. They really had respect, they had some principles. the 2000s In the 2000s I took a lot of wedding pictures. I did an exhibition with weddings in Bulgaria. At that time, in Baia Mare, wedding photos were outdated from a technical and conceptual point of view. They didn't know tricks, they didn't know how to put blur in images. Commercial wedding photography was just at the beginning and I already had a trained hand and quite capable devices. Back then I was one of the only ones with a real telephoto lens, the only one with good lenses. That's why they invited me to weddings. At first they called me to reformed weddings, also because they didn't have a community member who knew how to take good photos. And now I still go but only those who know what they want are calling me. Who wants someone discreet and to take atmospheric pictures for them. That's the thing about weddings. The last one was last year. Also a reformed wedding of a friend of mine. The Costinești wedding has a great story. I was a set photographer for Radu Munteanu's film. The movie was shot by the sea and I was on a terrace with the boys. It was the off-season, there was no one in Costinești. And it was the only restaurant open. Well, we were sitting there on the terrace bored, having the day off, semi-drunk, with the second director when I see this bride come into the hall and start dancing. We were outside. They were practicing for the waltz. I'm not a paparazzi, but encouraged by my colleagues, I went in and took their pictures. They didn't say anything. After which I continued to photograph during the wedding. I wasn't hired to take pictures; I sneaked in and took pictures. That was all. They didn't have anyone with pictures or video but they didn't comment that I did them either. It was great that evening. Everything was so unreal, like in a movie. Since about 2009 I have worked less and less at the newspaper. Newspapers had begun to disappear. I went to Bucharest where I did set photography; I also did events. after 2010 I was in Sighet, at the folklore festival, and I saw this lady; I still have a photo or two of her. You know I follow characters – first I catalogue them and then I follow them. I have them all in my head and make combinations with them. And this lady was super cool with the cigarette and that death metaphor in the back. I also used this picture for the Memento Mori project. Somehow the shadow of smoking hovered over her. This is from a wedding, flower power. I really like the composition because it's Bruegel style. It gives me a light, floating state... I would like to do more in this style. You see, it has a lot of characters, everything is as it should be. I like the one with many people because it's more complex in expressions. It was a sheep fair, with political guests, the locals were a bit drowsy from the heat, the picture is from the end of the day. Now I'm trying to take photos like these. The more experience you have, the more you understand; and now I understand more than when I started photography. And it's normal for the themes I tackle to change, to become more complicated. People think I was better at the beginning, I don't think so. I'm not the same person anymore and the world has changed a lot since then. I have photos taken a long time ago that I still like very much. I don't have a creative crisis. Now I can take pictures of the same intensity in two days that I used to take in 3 years. I'm not looking for themes; I just open my eyes to what is offered to me. Now I'm much faster – in the past I couldn't take pictures of people without them realising they are being photographed and come out naturally. It was something impossible for me. Now I'm on another level - from my point of view, which is also relative. I don't even try to beautify them too much anymore because I realized that it's not that important. Anyone can beautify, it's much more important that real moment that you capture, without showing yourself: look what a beautiful picture I took. That's kind of the point. I try not to appear in the picture myself. I don't want to shock with angles, lenses, colors, stuff like that. I'm not interested in that. now

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