Inspired by legends, mythology, and traditional fairytales, last year I started a journey in which I had one goal... To use my photographic talent to express in images the beauty of a land that still shows the magic of times long gone.Transylvania is a land rich in myths and legends with regions that are Europe’s last great wilderness.
In the last year, I have photographed the sunrise and the sunset from different corners hidden from circulated roads or modern cities. Places with strange and supernatural beauty and I often felt that time stopped in these places... the feeling was odd as if you were waiting for the characters from the grandma`s stories, or characters from the complex history of these places to appear in front of you.I chose to use some techniques of photography and post-processing to emphasize these feelings and moods I personally felt in these places. In this series, I photographed centuries old abandoned mountain villages, remote medieval hill fortresses, vineyards of lost kings, haunted castles, ancient untouched forests, mountain pastures, villages where transport is based on ox and cart, portraying the pastoral idyll of Transylvania.I tried to remind us of a time when heroes brought order to chaos when dark forests still keep its secrets.
It’s not hard to see why Transylvania’s landscape has sparked the imagination of so many writers. As English travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor wrote in 1934 ‘Transylvania had been a familiar name as long as I could remember. It was the very essence and symbol of remote, leafy, half-mythical strangeness; and, on the spot, it seemed remoter still and more fraught with charms.’ With this quote in my mind, I made a selection of my last year work, and I hope you will feel the magic from this lands yourself to.
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Days of long ago still carry secrets, if only those walls could talk!
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I can't believe that a place like this exists! On earth! It's really majestic.
Some of these photos are quite magical What are the trees with the light bark ? aspen ? birch ?
Great Photo essay! I hope you get a show at a prominent gallery and sell out- or are able to sell the images to the tourism board of Transylvania if not, then Definitely think of putting together a calendar
Thank you for posting these, Alex! My heart sings every time someone as talented as you shows the beauty of this country. As for the foreigners, if you ever think about visiting, please do! You won't regret it. Transilvania is teaming with history, natural beauty, castles, citadels, breathtaking landscapes, finger-licking food, traditions, good wine and spirits, and most of all, the warm and welcoming people. In Moldova, the North-Eastern part of Romania, also has amazing monasteries, many of them dating from medieval times, bearing hundreds of years of history, legends, folklore, traditions. The South, South-East hosts the warm lands of Oltenia, Bărăgan and Dobrogea, the Black Sea shore, The Danube Delta. We got you covered: mountains, hills, sea, rivers, delta, mineral water springs, architecture, history, culture, traditions, folklore, good food and drinks. With love, from Romania.
That's amazing! I fell in love with Transylvania from the first sight and so happy to meet others who feel the same.
There are many places like these not only in Transylvania, but also in the other parts of Romania (except, maybe, the south)...
You'd be surprised how much beauty there is in the southern parts of Romania. You just have to know where to look.
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Some of these photos are quite magical What are the trees with the light bark ? aspen ? birch ?
Great Photo essay! I hope you get a show at a prominent gallery and sell out- or are able to sell the images to the tourism board of Transylvania if not, then Definitely think of putting together a calendar
Thank you for posting these, Alex! My heart sings every time someone as talented as you shows the beauty of this country. As for the foreigners, if you ever think about visiting, please do! You won't regret it. Transilvania is teaming with history, natural beauty, castles, citadels, breathtaking landscapes, finger-licking food, traditions, good wine and spirits, and most of all, the warm and welcoming people. In Moldova, the North-Eastern part of Romania, also has amazing monasteries, many of them dating from medieval times, bearing hundreds of years of history, legends, folklore, traditions. The South, South-East hosts the warm lands of Oltenia, Bărăgan and Dobrogea, the Black Sea shore, The Danube Delta. We got you covered: mountains, hills, sea, rivers, delta, mineral water springs, architecture, history, culture, traditions, folklore, good food and drinks. With love, from Romania.
That's amazing! I fell in love with Transylvania from the first sight and so happy to meet others who feel the same.
There are many places like these not only in Transylvania, but also in the other parts of Romania (except, maybe, the south)...
You'd be surprised how much beauty there is in the southern parts of Romania. You just have to know where to look.
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