Category Archives: Photos
From the natural world
A Romanian photo was selected among the best 50 photos from the natural world by boston.com. It shows a bird in flight over a Danube Delta canal. (UNESCO world heritage landscape) Congratulations, Daniel Mihăilescu! The entire series is worth a look. Or more. Here – enjoy. And thanks V. for the link.
Wiki loves Romanian monuments
“Wiki loves monuments” is a photography contest organized by the Wikimedia foundation. It “started in 2010 as a photo competition in one country (Netherlands) and turned into a European competition in 2011. 18 countries participated in the organization and over 165.000 photos were contributed by over 5000 (mostly new) users. Of these 160.000 photos 169 [...]
The color of hay
They still publish lush photography books, even if it sometimes takes 10 years to publish them. Kathleen McLaughlin’s “The Color of Hay” depicts people and their lives in a region called Maramureş, in Northern Transylvania. The book “is a culmination of 10 years of hard work and the result is a beautifully designed and printed [...]
80 places to see before you leave Romania
While the title is cynically addressing inhabitants with “immigrational” thoughts, the album is a good starting point for anyone to discover some really good insider tips, along with better-known highlights of Romanian landscapes. Click on the screen shot below to go check it out; if you’d like more info on any of them make a [...]
Romania through the eyes of an Australian photographer
For those passionate about photography, Romania offers a wide variety of shooting opportunities. Some have been explored by Mitchell Karnashkevich, an Australian (judging from the phone number) travel photographer, who shares some of his impressions on his blog: “I would have liked my trip to Maramures to have felt like a trip into a different [...]
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