Country Life | BW Archive

About Project

This gallery is a photographic journal of rural life – about people, nature, animals, and the spaces that shape the identity of the village. Through photography, I try to capture the silence, the rhythm of time, and the intimacy of the countryside, inviting the viewer to discover and connect with a world that is slowly disappearing.

Artist Statement 

Life in the Countryside is an intimate photographic journal—a continuous return to my roots, where people, animals, nature, and rural spaces meet. The series gathers fragments of a world I have carried with me since childhood, a world that remains alive in my memories and photographs.

The central theme is rural life in all its diversity – from everyday gestures and seasonal work to trees, fields, textures, and animals that define this universe. Through my photographic practice, I explore the dialogue between humans and their environment, and the way memory is rooted in space. Each image captures the quiet rhythms, subtle gestures, and intimate moments of village life, preserving the invisible threads that connect people, their surroundings, and the passage of time.

This project was born out of personal nostalgia, inspired by my memories of Vârtopcele de Sus, Teleorman County. Leaving the village behind felt like something inside me stayed there – with grandparents, stories, daily chores, sunsets over the fields, and simple childhood joys. Each return to these places awakens me, heightening my awareness and recharging a creative force that continues to inspire me, while reminding me of the fragility and fleeting nature of this world.

For me, Life in the Countryside is more than a photographic series – it is a tribute to the memory of my childhood, and a way of preserving a universe that risks fading with time. It is an intimate world, both deeply personal and profoundly universal, in which the connection between space, people, and memory continues to shape who I am, and which I strive to keep alive through images so it will not be forgotten.