ABOUT ME |
DESPRE MINE |
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I believe a photography should tell a story...
Since 1980 my passion for mountains and nature is combined with photographic art. I couldn't conceive to go on nature and travel without one of life's best friends, photo camera. I started with film cameras, with negatives that had to be processed first, developed and transposed on photographic paper I have photographed over time nature, cities, people, mountain sports, cultural highlights, but, most of all I was captivated by the stories from Maramures. I found stories in bark carved in wood, in rudimentary tools, in the wooden gates, and mostly on the peasants faces. These are stories collected from four ”lands” of Maramures, each with its own specific. I do belive that the most impresive stories from Maramures belong to the elders. They wrote the story of Maramures, they worked the pastries, they fed the animals to the pasture, they made the wood valuable and, also they..., those who remained alive, they can tell us stories… We just have to find time to listen to them. . |
Cred ca o fotografie trebuie sa spuna o poveste...
Din anul 1980 pasiunea mea pentru munte si natura se ingemaneaza si cu arta fotografica pentru ca, inca de atunci, nu am putut concepe sa merg in natura si calatorii fara unul din cei mai buni prieteni ai vietii, aparatul foto. Am inceput in perioada aparatelor foto cu film, a negativelor care trebuiau mai intai procesate, apoi developate si transpuse pe hartie fotografica. Am fotografiat de-a lungul timpului natura, orase, oameni, sporturi montane, obiective turistice, insa cel mai mult m-au captivat povestile din Maramures. Am gasit povesti in scoarte cioplite in lemn, in furcile de tors, in portile caselor, dar mai ales in chipurile taranilor. Sunt povesti culese din patru ”tari”, fiecare cu specificul ei. Cred ca cele mai impresionante povesti din Maramures sunt ale batranilor. Ei au scris povestea Maramuresului, ei au muncit ogoarele, ei au manat animalele la pasune, ei au dat lemnului valoare si ei…, care au mai ramas in viata, ne mai pot spune povesti de odinioara… Trebuie doar sa ne gasim timp sa-i ascultam. |