“Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le coeur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.”
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – Le Petit Prince)
This is a photoblog owned by Bogdan I. Stanciu.
Bogdan lives and works in Bucharest, Romania as a pro-life activist. Passionate photographer and tolkienist.
Born: On his birthday.
Education: First 7 years (7 ani d’acas’).
Achievements: Sofia Elena and Diana.
Work/job.
FaceBook profile. i stopped using that shit
Selected photography site [soon].
~ Do ~ Bogdan is attracted mainly by people&street photography. He needs humans, or at least tangible traces of their presence in order to activate his ‘photo-sense’.
He always looks for the extraordinary in the ordinary people or scenes. To him, everyone is interesting. Everyone has got some story – for good or evil. Everyone has own worth.
Very rare does he shoot studio or any other ‘staged’ genre of photography (macros etc). Also nature/wildlife/landscape photography is not of his main interest.
~ B&W ~ In most cases, color is not only futile in helping viewers achieve the essence of the image, but it also distracts attention. Bogdan feels the need to essentialize, to simplify the scene and also to distance the image from its immediate connection to reality. He thinks grey tones ideally fulfill both needs.
~ A hobbyist that never grew up ~ Although a licensed photographer, Bogdan doesn’t work for money, but for his own (and other’s) spiritual satisfaction.
His gear. Canon EOS 7D | Canon: 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS, 24mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4, 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS | Canon SpeedLite 430EX | Giottos MT9360 + Manfrotto 390RC | Hoya HMC + Kenko filters | Kata DR-467
His terms of use. You are free to use any of his works here, giving proper credits to the author (‘copyleft’). Read more.
Some of his favourite quotations
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)
“We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.” (Bill Bryson)
“Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s real rebellion!” (Alice Cooper)
“Put your faith in God and keep your gunpowder dry.” (Oliver Cromwell)
“Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity!” (Maximus Decimus Meridius, General of the Felix Legions – fictional character from Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator”)
“Nicăieri şi niciodată nu ne-a cerut Hristos să fim proşti. Ne cheamă să fim buni, blânzi, cinstiţi, smeriţi cu inima, dar nu tâmpiţi.” (N. Steinhardt)