Exhibition Advanced course. The Photographic Project with Andrei Păcuraru Details Advanced Course: Studio Photography with Ionuț Staicu Details Women Photographers in History with Ana-Cristina Irian Details "The Open Image" Photography Course with Panos Kasimis Details Introduction to Photography in China and Japan with Ana-Cristina Irian Buy Tickets Black and White Development Introductory Workshop Learn to develop your own film and work in the darkroom Buy Tickets 1-on-1 Workshop in the Development Room Light, expose and control the image on photographic paper Buy Tickets Visual anthropology workshop with Ana-Cristina Irian Details Street Photography Workshop with Greg Mo with Greg Mo Details Introduction to Personal Style in Photography with Natan Dvir Details "Strangely Familiar" Workshop with Panos Kasimis Details The Basics of the Portfolio and the Photographic Project with Toma Hurduc and Andrei Păcuraru Details Black & White Film Developing Workshop with Matei Dumitru and Ionuț Staicu Details In-depth course on documentary photography with Ioana Moldovan Details Introduction to Studio Photography with Ionuț Staicu Details Street Photography Workshop with Toma Hurduc Details Advanced course. The Photographic Project with Andrei Păcuraru Details Introduction to Documentary Photography with Ioana Moldovan Details Load More

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

Masterclass Advanced course. The Photographic Project with Andrei Păcuraru Details Advanced Course: Studio Photography with Ionuț Staicu Details Women Photographers in History with Ana-Cristina Irian Details "The Open Image" Photography Course with Panos Kasimis Details Introduction to Photography in China and Japan with Ana-Cristina Irian Buy Tickets Black and White Development Introductory Workshop Learn to develop your own film and work in the darkroom Buy Tickets 1-on-1 Workshop in the Development Room Light, expose and control the image on photographic paper Buy Tickets Visual anthropology workshop with Ana-Cristina Irian Details Street Photography Workshop with Greg Mo with Greg Mo Details Introduction to Personal Style in Photography with Natan Dvir Details "Strangely Familiar" Workshop with Panos Kasimis Details The Basics of the Portfolio and the Photographic Project with Toma Hurduc and Andrei Păcuraru Details Black & White Film Developing Workshop with Matei Dumitru and Ionuț Staicu Details In-depth course on documentary photography with Ioana Moldovan Details Introduction to Studio Photography with Ionuț Staicu Details Street Photography Workshop with Toma Hurduc Details Advanced course. The Photographic Project with Andrei Păcuraru Details Introduction to Documentary Photography with Ioana Moldovan Details Load More

CdRF's mission is the internationalization of Romanian photography; long-tem, we want Romanian photographers and their photographs to have a greater presence, higher value and better visibility in international markets. We strongly believe that this can be achieved through education, direct support for photographers, collaboration and audience development. We are here to develop the necessary framework for photography and you, our students, clients, participants and friends, to fill this framework with your vision. After reading about us, we invite you to meet us at Popa Tatu 68. co-founder and educational management Andreea Leu Formed as a psychologist with studies in pedagogy, with 15 years of experience in consulting in non-reimbursable funds and interested in the connection between image and memory, Andreea created CdRF to support the development of the professional and artistic journey of photographers in Romania. Read More CdRF gallery director and artistic coordinator Sorin Florea Curator, visual artist and has experience in cultural management. He describes himself as "a creator of stories that need to be told" and his artistic projects lean towards cultural and anthropological exploration. He has exhibited at MARe, MNȚRplusC and SR Gallery (Brussels). Read More communication and graphic design Diana Băcioiu Passionate about Tyler the Creator, graphic design, and art, Diana creates the CdRF visual identity, supports the organization of CdRF events, and manages the CdRF library. Read More archives coordinator Alex Molovata After a long career in photojournalism and photo editing, for the past years he has specialized in organizing photography archives and using DAM technologies. Alex manages and archives all visual content created by CdRF and implements digital asset management solutions. Read More photographic tehnique and projects lecturer Andrei Păcuraru Has been a photographer since he was 16 and a photography lecturer since he was 20. In his career, Andrei has successfully juggled multiple types of commercial photography and for some time now, he has chosen to focus on artistic photography. He is very interested in exploring photographic technique as a means of artistic expression. Read More history of photography lecturer Cristina Irian Is a research-based artist, researcher and curator, active in the field of collections, photographic archives and multimedia projects, with a PhD in visual arts. Her artistic practice focuses on objects of memory and integrates photographic materials into contemporary artworks, with which she has participated in over 50 exhibitions. Read More studio photography lecturer A photographer with over 20 years of experience in advertising, fashion, and product photography. His career began in high school, and his passion turned into a refined aesthetic that combines naturalness with the poetry of light. In recent years, Ionuț has focused on food, corporate, and still life photography. Read More personal style lecturer Natan Dvir A teacher, artist, and editorial photographer, Natan is currently the educational director of the Houston Center for Photography (HCP) and was formerly the associate director of the International Center for Photography (ICP). His personal work focuses on the human aspects of cultural, social, and political issues. Read More street photography and portfolio lecturer Toma Hurduc He studied image at UNATC. Toma often works with analog techniques and various forms of print and presentation. Through his photography, he questions the human perception of reality, fear, anxiety, ephemerality and the construction of memory. He has had solo and group exhibitions both in the country and abroad. Read More co-founder and financial management Ion Borșan Ion has extensive experience in management and PR, is passionate about history, gastronomy and culture. In photography, he started by organizing workshops showing the histories of Bucharest and ended up creating and developing the Photography Resource Center. Read More communication and the CdRF space coordinator Alexandru Borșan Has been working in communication strategies, brand development and PR for over 20 years. Passionate about skiing and art, Alex is the one who organizes CdRF events, implements the CdRF communication plan and can talk to you for hours about the new coffees at the CdRF café. Read More educational and artistic assistent Daria Radu Freshly returned from her studies in photography abroad and with an interest in both curatorship and also cultural journalism, Daria is the newest member of the team, being involved in everything CdRF. Read More IT and administration Ștefan Trăsnea Passionate about photography, Ștefan is the one who keeps our archives, website, and space in perfect working order. Read More visual storytelling lecturer Cornel Lazia Has a doctorate in cinematography and media, is a lecturer at UNATC, a nationally and internationally exhibited artist and a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the commercial field – fashion, advertising, music album covers, corporate, etc. Read More documentary photography lecturer Ioana Moldovan Freelance photojournalist, documentary photographer, writer and published author. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, Bloomberg, among others. Ioana's photographs have won awards, illustrated books, and been featured in numerous national and international exhibitions. Read More analogue photography and developing lecturer He created °isopatrusute, the film photography lab. With a background in cinematography, Matei is concerned with creating a bridge between the creative and the practical; through his laboratory and knowledge he offers photographers the technical means and support to bring their projects to reality. Read More theory and storytelling lecturer Panos Kasimis Is a visual artist and teacher with 4 decades of experience. He works on personal projects that he transforms into books and exhibitions, but also for magazines, institutions and independent publications. His work explores social behavior and the physicality of human contact with the urban/natural environment. Read More digital post-processing and workflow Alex Busuioceanu He started in editorial and is today a very active commercial photographer with a constant portfolio of corporate, event and project commissions. His personal practice was exhibited at the CdRF in January 2026, with HABITAT: Infrared – an infrared exploration of the wild nature of Bucharest, made together with the Urban Rangers of the Natural Park. Read More CdRF team Educational team Profesori CdRF gallery's artists Cristina Irian și Ioana Moldovan Ionuț Staicu și Matei Dumiru Natan Dvir și Panos Kasimis Toma Hurduc și Greg Mo PAC Barista/ Events Matilda Ardeleanu & Angelica Maria Raluca Dobre Partners and collaborators Rezo Agency/ Wiktoria Michałkiewicz Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center Landskrona Foto Growing Pains Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art °isopatrusute Kodex Studio 82

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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. Advanced course. The Photographic Project Sep 10, 2026, 6:00 PM – Dec 17, 2026, 9:00 PM Bucharest, Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Andrei Păcuraru Details Advanced Course: Studio Photography Sep 19, 2026, 11:00 AM – Nov 08, 2026, 5:00 PM Bucharest, Popa Tatu street, no. 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Ionuț Staicu Details Women Photographers in History Oct 04, 2026, 11:00 AM – Nov 08, 2026, 12:30 PM Bucharest, Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Ana-Cristina Irian Details "The Open Image" Photography Course Oct 17, 2026, 5:00 PM – Nov 08, 2026, 6:00 PM Zoom with Panos Kasimis Details Introduction to Photography in China and Japan Nov 15, 2026, 11:30 AM – Nov 29, 2026, 3:30 PM Bucharest, Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Ana-Cristina Irian 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 Jun 20, 2026, 11:00 AM – Jun 21, 2026, 5:00 PM Bucharest, Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Ana-Cristina Irian Details Street Photography Workshop with Greg Mo Jun 16, 2026, 11:00 AM GMT+3 – Jun 28, 2026, 1:00 PM GMT+3 Zoom with Greg Mo Details Introduction to Personal Style in Photography May 23, 2026, 4:00 PM – Jun 13, 2026, 8:00 PM Zoom with Natan Dvir Details "Strangely Familiar" Workshop May 16, 2026, 11:00 AM – May 24, 2026, 10:00 AM Zoom with Panos Kasimis Details The Basics of the Portfolio and the Photographic Project May 12, 2026, 6:00 PM – Jun 03, 2026, 9:00 PM Bucharest , Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Toma Hurduc and Andrei Păcuraru Details Black & White Film Developing Workshop May 09, 2026, 6:00 PM – May 20, 2026, 9:00 PM Bucharest , Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Matei Dumitru and Ionuț Staicu Details In-depth course on documentary photography May 06, 2026, 6:00 PM – Oct 16, 2026, 9:00 PM Bucharest, Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Ioana Moldovan Details Introduction to Studio Photography May 06, 2026, 11:00 AM – Jun 02, 2026, 10:00 AM Bucharest, Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Ionuț Staicu Details Street Photography Workshop Apr 04, 2026, 6:00 PM – Apr 18, 2026, 9:00 PM Bucharest, Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Toma Hurduc Details Advanced course. The Photographic Project Apr 02, 2026, 6:00 PM – Oct 10, 2026, 9:00 PM Bucharest, Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Andrei Păcuraru Details Introduction to Documentary Photography Mar 31, 2026, 10:00 AM – Apr 25, 2026, 9:00 AM Bucharest , Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest 010806, Romania with Ioana Moldovan Details Load More

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A photograph is conceived before the photographer presses the shutter. That means the photographer knows exactly what they are photographing, from which angle, how they are using the light, how they are setting the camera, what the final image will look like, how they will post-process it, and, most importantly, what they want to say through that photograph – and who it is addressed to. This is the promise of our course: by the end, you will know what photograph you want to make and how to make it. Photography Fundamentals is the first module of the Two-Year Photography Program (with diploma), CdRF's two-year professional photography qualification program. It can also be taken independently as a complete course in its own right, ideal for beginners and amateur photographers. Course Details 200 hours, more than half of them hands-on (photo walks, studio photography, practical classroom exercises, film developing, and image processing). Three classes per week: Tuesday and Wednesday from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, and Saturday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The course runs from 15 September 2026 to 10 February 2027. Maximum 15 participants. Held at the Center of Photography Resources (CdRF), Popa Tatu 68, Bucharest. Required equipment: a digital camera with full manual controls, at least one 50mm lens (or an equivalent zoom lens), and a laptop with image-processing software installed (Adobe Lightroom). You'll have access to the CdRF library , with nearly 500 photography books, monographs, and magazines, as well as the CdRF studio for independent practice. The course concludes with a group exhibition. Participants may sit for the final examination. Those who pass receive a Certificate of Introduction to Photography. CdRF is accredited by Romania's Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity through the Bucharest Commission for the Authorization of Adult Professional Training Providers, and the graduation certificate is recognized throughout Europe. Anyone may attend the course, but a high school diploma is required to obtain the certification. Descarcă programul complet aici. Payment options Super early bird - 6000 de lei , until August 15, 2026 Sold out Early bird - 7500 de lei, between August 16 and September 5, 2026 Sold out Full price - 9000 lei, between September 6 and September 23, 2026 Full price Payment in installments - 10,000 lei, down payment 2,000 lei + 4 monthly installments of 2,000 lei; you pay the down payment now, and the monthly installments are paid for the current month, by the 10th of the month. Pay the down payment What You'll Learn Photographic Technique (teacher: Andrei Păcuraru) – by the end of this module, you'll know how to use your camera in full manual mode and how to compose a photograph. A significant part of the course consists of shooting sessions alongside Andrei and the rest of the group, so you'll also leave with your first diverse body of photographic work. Photo Processing (teacher: Alexandru Busuioceanu) – a complete Lightroom workflow, from importing, organizing, and selecting images to editing and exporting, plus an introduction to Photoshop. You'll work on your own photographs and learn how to take them from memory card to final file, ready for either online publication or print. History of Photography (teacher: Cristina Irian) – from the camera obscura to digital photography and post-photography; from the major photographic movements and schools to the microhistory of photography in Romania. You'll learn to situate your own photographic practice within a broader tradition and to use these references in the way you photograph today. The course includes building a camera obscura and visits to museums and galleries, so you'll also discover where and how photography exists beyond the screen. Building a Story Through Photography (teacher: Cornel Lazia) – how to tell a story through a single image and through a sequence of images, using framing, camera angles, point of view, and cinematic principles adapted to photography. You'll complete practical exercises in visual storytelling: conveying a narrative in a single frame, building photographic series, sequencing images, and combining photographs with text. Introduction to Documentary Photography (teacher: Ioana Moldovan) – an introduction to storytelling and story editing in documentary photography. You'll create your own documentary photo series and develop it through image selection and sequencing until its final form. You'll leave with a completed personal project, taken from initial idea to finished work. Introduction to Studio Photography (teacher: Ionuț Staicu) – studio equipment and fundamental lighting setups for portrait and product photography. Apart from the first, theory-based session, the course takes place entirely in the studio, working alongside a professional studio photographer. You'll leave with your own set of studio photographs. Introduction to Personal Style in Photography (teacher: Natan Dvir) – an exploration of photographic history through the lens of the elements that shape a photographer's personal style, combined with guidance in identifying your own visual perspective. The course is taught online in English. Throughout the module, you'll receive ongoing feedback on your own images while developing your critical thinking and reflective approach to photography. Introduction to Image Evaluation and Criticism (teacher: Panos Kasimis) – you'll build the theoretical foundations of photographic criticism and learn how to evaluate your own work more objectively, developing the ability to recognize what makes a photograph successful. The course is taught online in English and includes an individual review of each participant's selected images. Fundamentals of the Photographic Project and Portfolio (teachers: Andrei Păcuraru & Toma Hurduc) – an introduction to long-term photographic projects and portfolio development, combining practical exercises with basic layout and presentation techniques. You'll leave with the concept for a photographic project and your first portfolio. Street Photography Workshop (teacher: Toma Hurduc) – what street photography is and, more importantly, what it isn't. The workshop includes a street photography outing followed by image selection, printing, and identifying the visual thread that connects the work. You'll leave with your own street photography series. Film Developing Workshop (teacher: Ionuț Staicu & Matei Dumitru) – you'll be given a film camera and shoot a roll of film while practicing studio portraiture with Ionuț. Afterwards, under Matei's guidance at ISOpatrusute, you'll develop your own film. You'll leave with your photographs, developed by you and professionally scanned.

Area You will find us in Popa Tatu street, no. 68. Enter the courtyard with confidence, admire the exhibitions that accompany you on the way to us, and you will reach us. From Monday to Thursday, we are open from 10:00 to 18:00. We are open until 22:00 on Fridays. On Saturdays and Sundays, the space is dedicated to our students for workshops, courses and other educational activities. Library with over 100 photography titles, albums and magazines, books by and about photography and photographers, and convenient spaces to browse. Workspace meaning two powerful computers (a Mac and a Windows for all tastes) with Lightroom, Photoshop and more. The lecture hall where we hold theoretical sessions but where you can also hold meetings. Small studio for exercises, practice and experiments, where you can spend hours learning to match lights or shoot smaller products. Old-style developing camera to practice developing black and white photo films or to experiment with various techniques like analog Photoshop. Small event space and exhibition space where we gather every Friday evening and talk about photography.

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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