I’ve chosen to write this one in English because I feel that anyone, Romanian or not, should know about and at some point visit this amasing place. I had the chance of spending 3 days in this area of Romania and I was simply blown away by the beauty of the landscape. Documenting what I saw was a huge challenge. Although the images below are only a part of the ones I took, I hope that they will successfully make you appreciate nature’s beauty the same way that I did. For detailed information on the Retezat National Park see this link.

This is the crossing from which I actually fell down in the water. Luckily both my camera and I were unharmed so expect more photos very soon :)

As most people probably know, London will be the host of the 2012 Olympic Games. Most of the events will take place in facilities that currently don’t exist but will be built in the Burough of Newham, more explicity Stratford, Hackney and the area along river Lea.

If you access the London 2012 official website wou’ll be able to find a page dedicated to the so called “Olympic Walk” which encourages you to visit this area before it is going to be transformed. Maps are provided on the website.

No matter what you expect to see there, you’ll probably be suprised by what you’ll find. The landscape is extremely dirty and strange, however it has a particular unique beauty that is going to dissappear once the Olympic facilities start being built.

If you decide to go, I wouldn’t advise you to go alone. Also make sure that you leave by the time it gets dark.

These photos are part of a project that I have undertaken in the past 2 weeks.

I’ve been working on this for about two weeks now. Click the image below to see a standalone page dedicated to this project. Thank you.

As they reach the entrance of a small private parking lot, viewers observe a trail of blood and Christmas tree needles running across the parking lot. As they follow the trail, they reach a recycling skip. The skip is also heavily stained on its side. The lid is closed.

The viewer is faced with having to take a decision: either she/he will explore the scene further and look inside the skip or just turn her/his back and leave. Inside the skip, the sight of a cut down Christmas tree put in plastic bags will unfold. Guilt, curiosity or indifference will dictate whether the viewer will choose to take further action or not.

Every year, 13 to 15 million hectares of forests are cut down, which accounts for around 4 billion trees. Rainforest are the most affected by the process of mass deforestation, with countries from all over the world being in danger of losing most of their rainforests in the next 20 years.

Rainforests generate a large amount of the world’s oxygen. The amount of precipitations that fall in these areas also regulates rainfall and water levels from all over the world. Destroying rainforests can and does cause climate change. Thus, deforestation doesn’t only affect local ecosystems, but the entire biosphere.

Deforestation cannot be attributed to a single individual or company. There is a long chain of offenders starting with the logger and ending with individual that uses one too many sheets of paper. It is a collective process that requires individual action in order to be stopped or at least slowed down.