Ode to Brandon

and anyone else who's been using this particular reflection technique. Businessman Bobby Paunescu poses for a portrait. One of Paunescu's companies has recently bought Evenimentul Zilei, one of the most prominent Romanian newspapers.

People walk slowy on an icy street downtown Bucharest.

Miruna

Ceausescu

Emil Barbulescu, nephew of Romania's former communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu, poses for a portrait in Ceausescu's childhood house in Scornicesti (photo 1). A mere 150 kilometers from Bucharest, the quiet town of Scornicesti is attracting foreign tourists interested in the house where Nicolae Ceausescu was born.

Protester

Wrap up of a rally.

Frozen

Sunday to Monday night was the coldest night of the year in Romania so far. Thermometers recorded -34 degrees Celsius (-29Fahrenheit). Dozens of people have died of hypothermia. All of these people were homeless. Authorities are trying to put them in shelters. However, there are a few that either do not know about these shelters, or simply refuse to go. I've started documenting the work of an NGO that's helping people in this situation. Below, Danut Cretu reaches out for a cup of hot soup delivered by social workers. Cretu lives on the streets and sleeps underneath heating pipes at night.

iPhone Alps Apps

The phone went skiing as well.

If There's a Heaven

I hope it looks like the Austrian Alps and they'd better have Atomic skis there.

iPhone: Snowfall

iPhone Portraits

I shot some of my friends. With an iPhone. They survived.

Snowed In

Platon for The New Yorker

This past September, when nearly all the world’s leaders were in New York for a meeting of the United Nations, Platon, a staff photographer for this magazine, set up a tiny studio off the floor of the General Assembly, and tried to hustle as many of them in front of his lens as possible.

Here's the link: http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/12/07/091207_audioslideshow_platon

Bookfest Backstage

Yet Another Rally

National Day Parade

Soldiers in a packed bus, heading back to their base after Romania's National Day parade.

Paper Bag Smile

Scenes from a Mall

Gorillaz Sound System

Political Prisoner

Mr. Dionisie Darau pauses for a few seconds, while speaking about the time he has spent in prison. "When one of us died, we kept it a secret as long as possible, so that we could all share his food ration. I weighed 29 kilograms (63 lbs.) when I left this place." I photographed him during a group visit to Jilava, a former detention site for political prisoners after the start of Communist rule in Romania.

Mr. Biden

On assignment for Mediafax, I had to cover Joe Biden's one-day visit in Bucharest.