EPISODE #01 (Romania)
Each year, approximately 750.000 Romanians leave their country for reasons of labor-migration to Western Europe, most of them between 20 and 40 years old. They harvest our fruit and vegetables, they build our houses, they take care of your elderly – the new working class of a globalized economy, invisible yet indispensable. For EPISODE #01 of the project, I accompanied migratory workers from Romania all the way to Western Europe. And I traveled the Romanian countryside to photograph those who stay.

»untitled«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 4-part, 35 cm x 50 cm each, collage of pigment-prints & UV-print on glass (text)

DETAIL: »untitled«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 4-part, 35 cm x 50 cm each, collage of pigment-prints & UV-print on glass (text)

DETAIL: »untitled«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 4-part, 35 cm x 50 cm each, collage of pigment-prints & UV-print on glass (text)

«smoking studies«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 8-part, 25,5 cm x 47,5 cm each, pigment-prints on Japanese mulberry-paper

DETAIL from: «smoking studies«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 25,5 cm x 47,5 cm, pigment-prints on Japanese mulberry-paper

DETAIL from: «smoking studies«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 25,5 cm x 47,5 cm, pigment-prints on Japanese mulberry-paper

DETAIL from: «smoking studies«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 25,5 cm x 47,5 cm, pigment-prints on Japanese mulberry-paper

DETAIL from: «smoking studies«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 25,5 cm x 47,5 cm, pigment-prints on Japanese mulberry-paper

DETAIL from: «smoking studies«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 25,5 cm x 47,5 cm, pigment-prints on Japanese mulberry-paper

»harvest (watermelons)«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 5-part, 50 cm x 70 cm / 35 cm x 50 cm, pigment-prints

DETAIL from: »harvest (watermelons)«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 50 cm x 70 cm, pigment-print

DETAIL from: »harvest (watermelons)«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 50 cm x 70 cm, pigment-print

DETAIL from: »harvest (watermelons)«, from Episode #01 (Romania), diptych, 35 cm x 50 cm each, pigment-prints

DETAIL from: »harvest (watermelons)«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 50 cm x 70 cm, pigment-print

DETAIL from: »harvest (watermelons)«, from Episode #01 (Romania), 50 cm x 70 cm, pigment-print