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    Octav Postolache walks through the woods, from Sfistofca to C.A. Rosetti, the closest village, for his morning coffee. He is a retired art teacher and a former director of cultural center, moving in 2001 from the opposite corner of the country in the small, remote and depopulated village of Sfistofca, Danube Delta. He left everything behind, bought a house and spends his time around it or organizing various activities (like chess competitions) to make his co-villagers forget about alcohol in a place where life unwinds in poverty and isolation. At 73, his latest plan is selling everything and moving to Argentine. Pavel Hancearencu, the town's gravediggers in Sulina, lights a cigarette while his nephew, Augustin Hriscenco, takes turn on digging the grave for the next day funeral, on Christmas Eve. Sulina, Danube Delta, Romania. by: alext Views[497] Two cargo ships wait in the local shipyard to be dismantled and sold. Sulina, Danube Delta, Romania by: alext Views[398] Constantin Puscaru passes by haystacks on fire in his neighbor's yard which are said to have caught fire from sparks thrown by a circular saw when building a new barn in Letea, Danube Delta, Romania. by: alext Views[884] On a torrid day, a woman and her dog cool off in a small channel near Letea, a village in Danube Delta, Romania. by: alext Views[390]
     

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    Friday, 23 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    Both visual arts and music have attracted me at a young age, this being a key feature of the environment I grew up in. Taking up photography around the age of 17, soon for the very first time I knew what I want to do with my life. To be honest, then I ... Read more >
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