My PhD research (2019-2023) aims to find new photographic ways of re-imagining Romanian culture from afar through disciplinary and interdisciplinary photographic methods and to identify possible entangled situations. It also aims to offer, here in the UK, a new portrait of Romanian culture, through its wolf mythologies.
It questions how a practice of photographing objects can help to re-imagine Romanian culture from afar through the photographic image. This is the main question that emerged from the initial stages of this research and created new questions, including what the photo-entanglement is.
Exhibition documentation
Photo-elicitation interviews (PEIs) conducted in Romania, Photo-documentary,
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUy0njAMlyY
RE-IMAGINING ROMANIAN CULTURE FROM AFAR THROUGH STILL LIFE
PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF WOLF MYTHS
April 2023
Thesis abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17617.92003
Thesis download: https://clok.uclan.ac.uk/48186/
Screenshots from my thesis: a few photographs, including the artist’s statements (exhibition labels), and some of the research findings.
Expanding my PhD work and expertise, I launched a new project, the Chester Photo Festival, in September 2023 (see https://chesterphotofestival.com). This festival, opened to the public on 1st May 2024, provides a platform for people from all over the world and at all levels of experience to explore photography as a creative practice, sharing their stories, folklore, myths, personal feelings and memories. (https://chesterphotofestival.com/About).
Alexandru Modoi 