Red Means Resurrection (book)
is a photographic journey through my father’s homeland — Romania. It is an observation of people, places and moments that unfold unexpectedly. In this journey, I follow a spirit that has accompanied me since the day I was born. An attempt to find the genius loci, not in a place, but through a sequence of moments.
Combined with the pursuit of an overarching Punctum, an affective resonance that emerges only through the deliberate construction of a sequential image narrative, I arrived at a methodological framework that aligned with the conceptual and emotional demands of the project. in approaching this country photographically I have heard so much of in my father’s stories, i tried to adopt a perspective, envisioning the surroundings as unfamiliar terrain, imbued with the unpredictability and openness of uncharted territory. This orientation allowed for a heightened receptivity to the unexpected, where any moment held the potential for significance. In parallel, I embraced a principle of visual egalitarianism, assigning equal value to all subjects and situations encountered.
Red Means Resurrection is curated as a visual diary. Each location, individual, and structure depicted in the work references either directly or obliquely, the histories, relationships, and environments associated with my father, my extended family, and their cultural context. While this biographical framework may not be immediately accessible to the recipient, it nonetheless generates a palpable sense of coherence — a narrative undercurrent that binds the sequence together and lends the work its emotional and conceptual continuity.
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Title: Red Means Resurrection
Publisher: Self-Published
Language: English, german, romanian
Binding: Matte Hardcover
Paper: 115 g/m2 Metapaper Extrarough 2.0 white
Size: 250 x 300 mm
Pages: 160
Limited number of 8
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the resulting photobook was produced for my Bachelor's thesis in Photography and Design (2025) at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich and was presented at the jahresausstellung at the faculty of design in the same year.
