Mihai

Mihai, taking a break to decide which bar to go to after rehearsals. He plays the base in a photographers' band.

Blues

Nightlosers' Hanno Hofer, playing the blues at Hard Rock Cafe, as the opening act for Louisiana Red.

Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters visited the Romanian Parliament (the second largest building in the world) today. This is Slick Willie Shaw.

Right-Wing Rally

An extreme-right group organized a rally in order to counter Hungarian National Day celebrations in Transylvania.

Railroad Strike

The National Railroad Company had a two-hour strike this morning. I went to a village early in the morning and got on a shitty train to Bucharest to make sure I was in the middle of nowhere when the strike would begin. Here's some stuff I saw from the window.

Trabant - Ode to Jero

I'm working - for Esquire - on an essay about Trabant, an old car produced in Eastern Germany, sort of like the cheaper cousin of the VW Beetle.

High Jump

Radu Edit for Esquire

Here's the edit that I gave Esquire for the story on Radu. They chose to run 1,4,9 and 11. I'll post the PDF once the magazine is out.

Nationalized Houses

This lady, Aurelia Bufea, threatened to set herself on fire earlier today because she and her family were evicted from the nationalized house they were living in. A lot of bystanders, including camera crews, cops and kids. Too many kids.

There's Light at the End of the Tunnel

Andreea Balaurea and Luiza Puiu, the few enthusiastic people in this neck of the woods. Al, back to you!

Wedding Fair

Expomariage, a place where you could buy a lot of scary things, such as wedding gowns , rings and shiny invitations.

Railroad Strike

The Romanian Railroad Company had a strike that paralyzed the whole country for a few hours. Here are a few pics from the main train station in Bucharest.

Tu Bishvat

Members of the Romanian Jewish community in Bucharest at the end of the Tu Bishvat ceremony.

Dead Puppies

Here are some shots I liked, but which didn't make it in my final edit for Esquire, for the story on Radu (there are details in the previous post), the convict journalist.

Radu

Meet Radu. He's been in jail for the last 5 years for robbery. He used to be a journalist before going to jail. Though still in prison, he gets out 5 days a week, 9h a day, to work for a TV station in Timisoara, Romania, where he has his own show about convicts and life in jail. I followed him in and out of jail for three days last week to do a story for Esquire. I'll post more when I'm done editing.

Horse Race

I shot a traditional horse race in a village 50 km north of Bucharest this Sunday.

Palestinian Show

The Palestinian community in Romania put on a little show on a stage in Bucharest to celebrate the beginning of Yasser Arafat's revolution in 1965. Here are a few pics of what was going on off stage.