1984, in a small communist block of flats in my native Bucharest, we were glued to the screen of our small black-and-white TV as the Sarajevo winter Olympics was broadcasted. Trapped in our own Orwellian reality of totalitarianism, watching the Olympics was an incredible treat…

35 years since December 1989. Family memories and affective impressions from my home in the Grivita neighbourhood.

A week at GAFA - the Guangzhou Academy for Fine Arts China. ‘Microcities’ workshop with MA students: lecture, mentoring and exhibition curation.

Today marks exactly 80 years from the bombardment of Bucharest by the Anglo-American air forces during the second world war. 4th April 1944.

Something different! First post-lockdown trip to London with the camera! This one-day photographic burst explores existential ennui.

Does beauty take away from what’s meaningful?

A few considerations about authenticity and ethics in travel photography

Taking stock of work in progress and planning future shoots

The ‘existential’ gaze

What about Barthes’ view that “...a text’s unity lies not in its origin, but in its destination”

Are all images constructed illusions?

Are indexical, iconic and symbolic mutually exclusive in portraiture?

Does the use of a photograph determine its meaning?

Are there such things as truth and realism in travel and documentary photography?