about
I’m a nature photographer and a certified guide focused on photography tours. I live in Brașov, Romania. I like mountains, forests and distant views. I run on trails, sometimes over long distances. I write a newsletter about nature, creativity, environmental issues and personal challenges. I believe in protecting nature by living more sustainably and getting involved by using photography as a way to inform. Being informed goes a long way towards being more empathetic and caring.
My photography is often more interpretative than illustrative.
You can follow me here for regular updates, newest images and random thoughts on art and life.
books and publications
I’ve self-published two photography books, NORD and Terra Silva. You can find out more about them here.
My images along with writings and interviews have been published in On Landscape Magazine (UK), for whom I wrote some articles also, GDT Forum Naturfotografie (DE), Outdoor Photography (UK) and Elements Photography magazine.
conservation work
I occasionally work with local nature NGOs – WWF Romania, Greenpeace Romania and Conservation Carpathia – contributing with images for their conservation projects and media campaigns.
At a grassroots level, I’m one of the founding members, with Walden Association, of the Urban Nature Network whose purpose is to protect urban nature in Romania’s cities.
Founding member of FORONA – Romanian Nature Photographers Association.
adventures
2014: I pedaled through Iceland for six weeks. We called it Project PI.
awards
I won some contests. Though I don’t see any clear relation between the idea of a contest and photography, it allowed me to get some objective evaluation of my work and meet some great people.
- 2022 GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year – runner-up Nature’s Studio & highly commended Landscapes
- 2019 GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year – winner Plants & Fungi
- 2018 Asferico Nature Photography Competition – highly commended Landscape
- 2017 NHM Wildlife Photographer of the Year – winner Plants & Fungi
- 2017 Milvus Nature Photography Contest – grand prize
- 2016 GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year – highly commended Plants & Fungi
festival talks
I’m grateful to have been invited to speak at some of the biggest nature photography festivals in Europe:
- 2025 Lowland Photo Festival (Belgium and the Netherlands) / Terra Silva – a life alongside the forest
- 2020 Cinclus Fest (Portugal)
- 2018 GDT International Nature Photography Festival (Germany) / Terra Silva – between art and conservation
- 2018 NaturArt Festival (Hungary) / talk on Transylvania together with Zoltán Nagy