Monthly Archives: October 2013

How I fell into a hole in Tirana, or, the “missing manhole cover” paradigm

It's a hot summer day of June. Luckily, I managed to get on the right bus in Elbasan and I'm finally slowly approaching Albania's capital. The dusty city welcomes me with the fervor of the upcoming elections, the walls are paved with electoral posters of all possible colors and thousands of flags wave in the…

Afterschool in Romania

In Romania, 1 of 6 children drops out of school every year. The main causes for this phenomenon are poverty and the lack of social services. Child focused NGOs in Romania like World Vision have created afterschool programs to demonstrate that school dropout and children's social problems can actually be prevented. I visited school 126…

Roma camps, Serbia

Pictures taken during the filming of a short video about child poverty in Serbia, together with colleagues from Društveni centri in Niš. Read the full story here.

Weddings around the world

Weddings are a cultural experience that always fascinated me. The mixture of excessive joy and melancholy with sometimes hillarious touches seems to be a universal feature wherever you are. Inspired and somehow hunted by Silviu Ghetie's wedding photos, I often surprise myself sneaking around to take a shot whenever I come across some wedding, especially when…

Roxana Todea

Monthly Archives: October 2013

How I fell into a hole in Tirana, or, the “missing manhole cover” paradigm

Afterschool in Romania

Roma camps, Serbia

Weddings around the world

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