Sunday, October 28, 2007

Day 407 - Two different perspectives

Lolita, digital, summer 2005

Restless, digital, 2002


Day 406 - Monday, Autum, memories...

A memory about a sunny and balmy summer afternoon...
Digital, 2005

Dull, gray autumn day. Low heavy closed sky. Humid and cold air. But the grass, fed with the rains of the last days, it's greener than ever and very dense. A cold, fresh, wet, almost metallic green. October is marching slowly to its end. The forest nearby is silent, opaque and dark. Its like the darkness of the night is coming out of the forest like a smoke without fire, a black dense fog. The gray light desaturates everything in my sight. I feel like I would sleep until next spring and dream a whole different life.



Saturday, October 27, 2007

Day 405 - Lolita for TABU

Photo by Adrian Oianu / TABU magazine - November 2007
Model: Raluca Negrea at Unique Model Zurich

So, here it is: the November issue of TABU magazine is out now containing the editorial made by Lolita as a model for the fashion designer Adrian Oianu. From all 5 images shot by the designer himself and selected for the magazine, this is my favorite. A great portrait, I think.


Day 405 - Lolita

Digital, September 2007


Friday, October 26, 2007

Day 405 - Soledad

Digital, October 2007


Day 405 - Childhood memories

Analog, 2002


Day 404 - Siren

2006

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Day 403 - Soledad

Digital, October 2007


Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Day 402 - Inside / Outside

Outside - Autumn Morning City / October 2007


Inside - Imaginarium / October 2007


Day 402 - Soledad

Digital, October 2007


Day 401 - Alexandra Maria Lara


Ms. Alexandra Maria Lara and Mr. Andrei Dimulescu, Romanian journalist.

Well, in 2005 I had the chance to be invited at a short interviews session for press held by this wonderful woman and actress, Alexandra Maria Lara. She is an international German movie star, Romanian by origin (she was born in Romania, on 12 November 1978). She is one of my favorite beauties and no doubt one of the most talented young actresses. She was internationally acclaimed - both by public and critic - for her lead role in "Der Untergang" ("The Downfall") movie about the last days of Adolf Hitler. Alexandra was playing the role of Traudl Junge, Hitler's secretary. Also, you had the chance to admire her playing the role Suzie in "I Really Hate My Job" (directed by Oliver Parker) and acting in many other movies.
So, I was very happy to met her in person and to be allowed to take a few snaps with her. My friend, Romanian journalist Andrei Dimulescu, was interviewing her for a Romanian magazine and he invited me to take some photos. Here are two of the images taken.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Day 401 - See Orange

See Orange Romania 2007 - official contest poster made by
Tempo Advertising

This year, for the sixth time, I was appointed in the Jury of the National Photography Contest "See Orange" organized by Orange Romania S.A. This year theme was "play". We, the jury, worked two full days to review the images and finally, yesterday afternoon, we sorted out the winning selections at each contest category. The jury team was great, the time spent was fun and finally we were all happy with the chosen winners.

Days 400/401 - Soledad

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Day 399 - Before party

Digital, 2004

Day 398 - Empty days



Digital, 2004 - model: Madlen


Thursday, October 18, 2007

Day 397 - Loneliness






Digital, 2003 - model: Madlen


Day 396 - Porcelain


Digital, 2003 - model Madlen

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Day 395 - The Wonderful Ladies of Mr. McGinnis
















For me, the best "pin-up maker" is Mr. Robert McGinnis. This is because he is not doing only female characters as pin-ups. He is in fact a wonderful painter, a complete artist. But you will discover this surfing his site - Robert McGinnis Gallery of Illustrations and Fine Art Paintings at:
http://www.mcginnispaintings.com/
Apart from being a master of human anatomy and a great colorist, he knows how to enhance human forms and expressions with a certain noblesse and distinction. More of that, he posses a unique sense of fashion, mixed with sexiness, retro-glamour and elegance. I just love his ladies! And it was a time when one could actually met such Ladies in flesh and blood. The glorious times of early "James Bond" movies, but also the times of Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman or Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot.
Here are some of my favorite "McGinnis Ladies". Rest of them you can enjoy on his site.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Day 395 - Up!

Day 394 - Corina


Several years ago, she was one of the Romanian Top models working in Paris. Now she's living in Los Angeles. She still works as a model. She is one of the most interesting and special women I ever met. I haven't seen her from 2001, I think. I remember her during nineties, in Bucharest, at the beginning of her modeling career. She was very tall, slim, silent, reserved, quiet, mysterious, but with gorgeous blue-green dreamer eyes - mesmerizing gaze! She knew from the beginning that Romania is not the country to start a professional modeling career. She left the country quickly and she made it big in Paris.
So here it is - today we met again, we talked a lot over a coffee (me) and a glass of white dry wine (her). Her charm remained unaltered after all these years...

Monday, October 15, 2007

Day 394 - Ernesto Sabato


His novels were fundamental for my cultural formation in my youth. I am often thinking about him. I never met him, we are not - of course - friends, not even acquaintances, but somehow I feel him very close in a mysterious way. Find his novels and read them - they will change you forever...

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Day 393 - Harvest

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Day 392 - That morning: her story