Nowadays collectors and Craiova, the city of the past / Colecționari de azi și Craiova de ieri

[EN] Nowadays collectors and Craiova, the city of the past Where would a photograph travel in time and what kind of place would it find to settle down, sometimes just only for a while? If fortunate enough, a photograph might become part of a collection or of an archive. If persistent, a photograph might enter

Cristian Bassa – BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE

“I live in the northern area of Bucharest. Every day on my way to work I used to pass by a public transport ticket booth. Among the middle-aged vendors, I saw a young man working there, focused on his job, very quiet and seemingly out of place. During breaks between serving clients he was usually

Bucuresci/19 – București/20

[EN] Bucuresci/19 – București/20: The private lives of the city. The exhibition aims to introduce the visitor into the private lives of Bucharest, a city photographed, as Franz Duschek used to publicize –”at any time, on a shiny day or on a cloudy one”. The photographs display glimpses of lives lived by the city and its

DACIA50 is still moving! / DACIA 50 rulează. Încă!

[EN] Together with the community we celebrated 50 years of Dacia, the automobile. We proudly organized a participatory exhibition of Dacia colours and photographs of Dacia cars received from Romanian photographers, a presentation of Dacias – a classic car collection and a historical archive of documents related to the Romanian car. August 2019: The car(s)

Dorian Delureanu – The Mysteries of Craiova

[RO] În anul 2009, în urma unui teren fotografic desfășurat în centrul Băniei, Dorian Delureanu a vernisat la Palatul Jean Mihail, prima expoziție de fotografie din seria “Misterele Craiovei”. Subiectul expoziției, aparent la îndemâna oricărui vizitator al orașului, dispus să inspecteze limitele proprietăților, a constat în identificarea și fotografierea unor elemente de feronerie istorică, paznici

Analogic192021

[EN] Analogic192021 is a long-term project dedicated to the research, digitization and promotion of analogic photography, Romanian photographic archives and collections, developed in partnership with associations and cultural institutions. The project started in 2017 with a Cocktail of centuries, event organized during Bucharest Photo Week Festival, in partnership with Paul Aioanei, Studio Ambrotipescu, and Cezar

From Foto – Omnia to OMNIA PHOTO (II)

The materials in this collection consist of black-and-white photographic prints, related documents and a photographic album created by ”Foto Omnia Craiova” Studio. The photographs were made in the 1940s and show industrial buildings façades, stations, equipment and machineries, workshops, people at work as snapped during an official visit paid to the headquarters by public officials.

Fântânile Olteniei – The Fountains of Oltenia (I)

The project of visual documentation and mapping of community fountains in Oltenia was initiated in 2016 by a team of photographers and anthropologists who carried out field research on a preliminary area in Dolj and Mehedinţi counties. The first part of the project was carried out in partnership with the Romanian Peasant Museum and “Mircea

From Foto – Omnia to OMNIA PHOTO (I)

Our grandparents are the two “FOTO OMNIA” photo studios active in Craiova and Bucharest during the first half of the 20th century. We are glad to share with you a group of (rare) photographs made by the old photo studios ”FOTO OMNIA” from Bucharest and Craiova, part of our photographic archive. Project is work in