International Exhibition “Picturesque Romania”
The International Association “Euro Foto Art” (AIEFA) has prepared for the public, in partnership with Summit Agro Romania and the Cris Country Museum Oradea – Museum Complex, a new exhibition of photographic art. This time on the screens of the “Euro Foto Art” Gallery, Exhibition Centre of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), recognized by UNESCO, 72 large photographs will be exhibited, showing the beauties, traditions and popular customs, such as the colourful folklore of Romania, taken by photographers from Austria, Greece, Japan, Romania, USA and Hungary. The international exhibition was first presented at the end of 2022 in the Romanian Parliament in the capital and part of it in Oradea in March 2023. This time the second part and the award-winning works of the international exhibition will be presented.
The photographs were taken by photographers: Eugen Antal (RO), Bánfi Barnabás (HU), Bikfalvi Zsolt EFIAPb (RO), Paul Bock (USA), Bokor Zsolt (RO), Borvíz Attila (RO), Buretia Alex-Dian (RO), Călin Creștin (RO), Fazakas Ferenc (RO), Ovidiu Gabor EFIAP (RO), Görbe György (RO), Hátszegi Csaba (RO), Horvát Ibolya Katalin (RO), Camelia Iordache (RO), Adriana Ceausescu (A), Tudorel Ilie (RO), Ioan Ciobotaru (RO), Héjja Árpád (RO), Incze Domokos AFIAP (RO), Kajtár Tibor (HU), Kenéz Emese (RO), Kenéz Éva (RO), Kertész Hajnalka (RO), Kinda Botond AFIAP (RO), Kovács László (RO), Eszter Emese Lázár (GR), Lazar Constantin (RO), Gheorghe Petrila EFIAP (RO), Markus Sorin (RO), Mészáros Ödön (HU), Moldovan Mihály EFIAP (RO), Morvay-Szabó Edina AFIAP (RO), Najla Angawi (Saudi Arabia), Pataki Hajnal (RO), Ovi D. Pop EFIAPd, Mariana Scubli AFIAP (RO), Claudiu Szabó EFIAP, Simay Zsolt (RO), Szőke Sándor (RO), Tazaki Ryuichi (JP), Vas Géza (RO), Cătălin Vezetiu (RO) and Gelu Vrabie (RO). The images can also be viewed on the AIEFA website: https://eurofotoart.ro/salon-international-romania-pitoreasca-08-30-05-2024/
The public will be able to discover among the exhibited photographs also special landscapes photographed in Maramureș by Sorin Marku from Sighetu Marmației, the Sphinx and the Cheerful Cemetery immortalized by the photographer Tudorel Ilie from Baia Mare, the Danube and the Danube Delta photographed by the photographer Morvay-Szabó Edina AFIAP from Oradea and Szőke Sándor (RO). The fairytale winter landscapes in the exhibition were taken by photographers Hátszegi Csaba (A), Adriana Ceaușescu from Vienna (A), Claudiu Oros (RO) and Claudiu Szabo EFIAP (RO). Romanian, Hungarian and German folk traditions from Romania are also present in the exhibition through works by photographers Bikfalvi Zsolt EFIAPb (RO), Héjja Árpád RO), Camelia Iordache (RO), Tudorel Ilie (RO), Moldovan Mihály EFIAP (RO), Morvay-Szabó Edina AFIAP (RO), Najla Angawi (Saudi Arabia), Pataki Hajnal (RO), Ovi D. Pop EFIAPd, Mariana Scubli AFIAP (RO) and Kertész Hajnalka (RO). Oradea was a source of inspiration for the photographers: Eugen Antal (RO), Paul Bock (USA), Mészáros Ödön (HU), Najla Angawi (Saudi Arabia), Claudiu Oros (RO) and Tazaki Ryuichi (JP).
The opening of the exhibition will take place at the new premises on the second floor, on the occasion of the launch of the 13th edition of the European Festival of Photography, organized by AIEF under the auspices of FIAP, on Thursday 9 May 2024, at 17:00, in the “Euro Foto Art” Gallery, FIAP Oradea – Romania Exhibition Centre, within the City of Oradea Museum section. The musical moments of the opening will be offered by the artists Rock Filarmonica Oradea: Alexandrina Chelu-Schorr (vocals) and Florian Chelu Madeva (guitar), who will perform several pieces from the European repertoire.
The exhibition will remain open to the public, at the Oradea Museum section, until 30 May 2024, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 18:00. The exhibited works will also be projected on the screens of Oradea’s means of transport, thanks to the protocol concluded between AIEFA and OTL SA.
Exhibited photos
