Bio:
1971- Born in Baia Mare (northern Transylvania). At that time, the
town was one of the most polluted in the world, due to the proximity
of gold and lead industry.
1978-1986 grade school
I was a performance swimmer, trained in the Romanian communist manner
(huge effort - no food). Average achievements, some diplomas and
medals in national cups and championships.
1986-1990 high school
I was elected chief of the communist youth organization of the college.
It was very useful, as I could skip classes without any punishment.
In
1989, after the revolution, the students asked me to represent them
in the college board, I refused and since then, I haven’t been member
of any organization, association or party.
1990 leaved Baia Mare for Bucharest
1990 -1995
I studied Geology at Bucharest University. In 1992 I was also accepted
by the University of Architecture and I studied there for one year.During
this period I started to take pictures and a friend encouraged me
to go study at the Film University.
1995 - 1996 for six months I attended the required military duty
and then I worked as a geologist in a gold mine next to Baia Mare,
took pictures and studied for the admission exam at the Film University.
1996 – 2000 during Film University
In 1998 I started to work for magazines and advertising as a photographer.
In 1999 my daughter, Sasa, was born. I graduated in 2000, with a
cinematographer diploma. During this time I continued to take pictures
while shooting short movies for school. One of them “An invitation
to lunch” won Palm Spring Film Festival for shorts in 2000 and was
taken into consideration for the Academy Awards nomination.
2000 – 2009
I worked as fashion and advertising photographer, as well as cinematographer.
I was assigned for magazines like ELLE, FHM, ESQUIRE and many others,
working especially fashion and portrait. I also have shot advertising
camapains for clients as UNILEVER, PROCTER&GAMBLE, COCA COLA,
KRAFT and other too big companies. I worked as cinematographer for
music videos. I have shot more then 50 videos for main bands and
singers in Romania (they were not so good, both the singers and
the videos). At the same time I worked for personal projects and
participate in some shows and exhibitions. In 2005 I founded a small
agency, “Umbrela” which is the only agency representing photographers
in Romania.
Selected exhibitions:
- 2009 – “Hidden Stories” – Basel Art Fair – Volta, represented
by H’art Gallery
- 2008 – “Transported People” – photography, sound installation
– Madrid, Photoespagna Festival, ICR Gallery –solo show
- 2007 – “exhibitions” – photography, installation – Bucharest,
“H’art Gallery” – solo show
- 2002 – “Expozitie” – photography – Bucharest, “Central University
Library Gallery” – personal exhibition
- 1999 – “Bucharest as pieces” – photography – Bucharest, National
Museum of Art – personal exhibition
