Meet Our Artists
Claudia Bucsai
Claudia Bucsai, trainer, photographer, and coordinator of mediation programs, stands at the intersection of education and artistic expression, seamlessly blending her passions into a career in the independent creative sector.
Claudia uses photographic techniques to foster creativity, critical thinking, and cultural awareness among her participants through analog and digital photography workshops.
Roman Franc
Roman Franc, a remarkable photographer in the world of contemporary photography, is known for his non-traditional portraits and staged imagery, capturing an exceptional emotional and technical depth.
A graduate of Masaryk University and the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava, Franc brings not only technical mastery but also a unique imagination to projects such as “My Little Miracles” and “Collectives.”
His project “Brother” beautifully captures the innocence and transformation of his younger brother towards maturity, with admirable delicacy and a fascinating poetic sensibility. His photographs, featured in prestigious collections like the Library of Congress in Washington and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, reveal a subtle emotional richness.
Ciprian Hord
Ciprian Hord is a clinical psychologist and documentary photographer. He is also a PhD student at the Doctoral School of Arts at the West University of Timișoara and an associate lecturer in the Fine Arts specialization (Photography – Computerized Image Processing) at the Faculty of Arts and Design. His long-term photographic projects cover a wide range of themes: monastic communities, the daily lives of the visually impaired, politics, provincial melancholy, and, over the last three years, he has focused on the visual representation of people suffering from mental disorders. His photographs have appeared in various international and national publications (Time, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Vice USA, NOOR, BIF Magazine, Balkanium, Scena9, DOR, Dilema Veche, Orizont) and have been exhibited at Emergenze (Rome, 2023), Interfoto (Timișoara, 2021), Politika (Arad, 2016), FotoIstanbul (2015, 2016), Mediafaxfoto Best Of 2010-2011 (Bucharest 2011).
Camil Mihăescu
Camil MIhăescu is an artist, designer, and professor at the Faculty of Arts and Design – WUT interested in new digital paradigms (AI, VR, AR ) and how they influence the contemporary cultural scene. For over 15 years, his primary subject of study has been the spiral, resulting in numerous international solo exhibitions. Beyond this focus, he has organized dozens of events related to photography (initiator of the Interfoto biennial together with Sergio Morariu), design, 3D printing, art, artificial intelligence, etc. He is a member of several professional artistic and educational associations.
In the following days, Camil will work with our partners initiating them in his practice and techniques.
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Mădălin Mărienuț
Mădălin Mărienuț – Photographer, Educator & Curator. Part of InterFOTO 8.0 – InterGENERATIONAL team, he designed the Analog photography workshop and Curatorial program for @roman_franc Collections and pupil’s photography exhibition.
Currently working as a photography lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Design – W.U.T @futureframes.tm, Madalin is the founder of the cultural-educational project Image. Sound. ‘89 – keeping the memory of the 1989 Romanian Revolution alive through visual arts, and an active contributor to the local art photography scene, curating exhibitions like Interfoto Academic and Ukraine, IMAGO Visions in transition, Places Among Us, and Peru, the Eternal Present in cooperation with the Embassy of Peru.