Thank you, dears, for an amazing childhood!
You’re lucky? You live! If you’re not so lucky? You die!
Jiu Valley. 2008. Here everything is about coal mines. There is nothing else. If you were born in the Jiu Valley, or in any other mining area in Romania, most likely your father is a miner and your mother a housewife. You also have 2-3 brothers and you’ve got only one future: with the pickaxe in their hand, working day and night. Poverty dominates. Maybe a controlled poverty, who knows? If you were born in his area, you have no alternative. Some ...
Crossroads: Entrepreneur or Employee?
At the age of 24, after you have finished a college and you are somehow ready to get to work, you wonder what path to follow? Will you want to be hired by a large corporation or will you start your own business? Employee? The strongest argument of being an employee is the fixed salary, but you have to work for that. You must be at work for at least 8 hours every day. You have to be efficient, consolidate your place ...
There is no way out
How many times do you feel trapped in a forest full of predatory animals that want nothing more than to kill you so that they can survive? The worst thing is that that forest is surrounded by a huge fence and has a single gate, very small, hard to find. In case you were lucky and found the gate without being torn apart by the animals that haunt the whole forest, the show is not ending. You managed to get out of the fore ...
I ticked another capital: Warsaw
Warsaw is a city of architectural contrasts. The new combines with the old, the modern tries to hide the traces of communism. It is impressive how the city has risen every time it has risen and withstood dozens of bombings and foreign domination. Warsaw has always been reborn from its own ashes, becoming a stronger, richer, more beautiful city. If you visit Warsaw you have to walk through the Old Town. Completely ...
One week in Greece
day 1: The Roadtrip We left Bucharest on Sunday at around 8 AM and incredibly, but in less than 15 minutes we were already out of town, on the road to Giurgiu. We make the first stop somewhere before customs, for food, bought snacks and other nonsense. We cross the bridge of friendship between Romania and Bulgaria, over 2km long. Somewhere on the right side after crossing the river, is the town of Ruse, the main port on the Danube f ...
1 year of blogging
About a year ago, I wrote my first blog post on adrianzanfir.com. The blog has gone through several stages over time. At first I wrote quite messy, I posted like any beginner all kinds of videos on youtube, I wrote about everything, but over time I managed to focus only on photography, travel, web stuff and more or less personal stuff. In the meantime, I launched another blog: photobloggers.ro, which I currently manage. Phot ...
Ciao Roma
Sometimes it is good have low expectations, when you get to visit a new place. That’s what happened to me in Rome. All the opinions I heard about the “Eternal City” came down to misery, gypsies, and uninteresting places to visit. But after I had the opportunity to get there, I realized that this is not the case. Indeed, the elements listed above are not missing, but they do not dominate the landscape. When you look at the im ...
Next World War: A Computer Game?
Have you seen the latest episodes of the documentary series “Future Weapons”? How accelerated is the development of military weapons? Remotely controlled aircraft, all possible types of weapons controlled on a computer with decision-making power. I’m thinking about World War III, if it happens. Will the command system be reduced to a few computers from which thousands of missiles will be launched, hundreds of planes will be controll ...
Details from Brasov
Today I participated in the last session of my photo course in Brasov. The course was super cool! For 2 months, with the help of my teacher and colleagues, I managed to forget about the crowds, the mess, the worries and the problems I face every day, in Bucharest. I took 3rd place out of 48 in the final competition. I also received an award:). About Dan, what can I say, I’m glad I met him, he is a good photographer, a special m ...