Photo Exhibition At The Bastion

Yesterday I said I like unusual exhibition rooms and showed you one, that most likely was an underground parking lot. In my opinion it makes the experience more exciting as besides the artworks, you get to enjoy some unusual architecture as well. Today I'm going to show you another one, a totally different one that I visited yesterday.

This exhibition was held in a medieval bastion and as you can see, even if it's been updated, it still has the original architecture. From this point of view it was a nice experience, although taking photos was a huge challenge. It was fun as well.

The photo club that hosted the exhibition wears the name of the founder, József Marx (1914 – 1992), a famous photographer from Marosvásárhely (Targu Mures). There were a few photos of József Marx exhibited, like the one you see above. He was a respected name in the industry and you can see his works from time to time.

While I was looking at the photo, was thinking how great works go to waste in time. Marx passed away 31 years ago, which mean his works, his photographs were taken at least 31 years ago, but most of them are way older than 31 years. The technique used back then was very different and even though it was top quality back then, today, compared to photos we have, can appear outdated. There are scanners that can digitalize a photo, improve it as well, but no matter how good technology is, no gadget can work miracles. Paintings can be restored and preserved, but photos are a different thing. So those photos you see from József Marx, were taken decades ago and judge them accordingly.

They say when you take away the colors, the eye can focus on details and this photo is a good example for demonstrate that. Look at the emotions on their faces. There's no distraction, the color of their clothes or the background is almost non existent. These photos had no title, so you can name them as you wish, depending on what you see and what the photos mean to you. Tagging @dimascastillo90 here, I hope you like it :)

A moment of this gentleman's life. I was wondering when this photo was taken. The clothes indicates a different century, the buss as well, but what we don't know is if the photo was staged or not. It's a wonderful one in my opinion.

There are many ways to ride a bike and happiness is all that matters.

If I were to give a title to these photos, I'd say Life Once. Life as it was once, when yarn was made manually and was needed as well as clothes were also made manually. Industrialization came after, so women had to master these skills. The second photo paints a scene that you don't see anymore, those traditional black clothes worn by elderly women and widows in general are relics of the past.

Another scene that you rarely see these days. The shepherd milking goats. Milking is not done manually anymore, animal breeders work in a different way, so small farmers are less and less.

There's a chance I've seen this photo before at an other exhibition, but I'm not sure. It captures a moment of village life, which is in its way to disappear. Most of the works are automated, those who used to work like this are at an age at which hard work is not possible anymore. So these photos are testimony of the past and I truly hope thee can be preserved fr future generations.

This is a lovely photo in my opinion, not only capturing the moment, but look at those golden leaves, acting like a nice frame to the whole scene.

Sepia is not something you see every day, photographers prefer color or monochrome, but look at this little beauty, sepia suits her perfectly.

What happened to this kid is unknown, why his face is dirty, but he was having a lot of fun. Look at the amount of emotions in this photo.

I had a hard time taking a decent photo as these were in the window opening and the wall is almost 1m thick here. You can see in the first photo, how deep those windows are and the light came from behind me. I tried my best though. I'm used to challenges like this. Each gallery has its own challenge, so you have to get used to it. The more you practice, the better. And no worries as photographing in big galleries is not allowed. They most likely have a better light system and anti reflection glasses, but all in vain if you're not allowed to take photos.

Last, but not least, another brilliant photo. I've seen this one before at another exhibition and I know there was no way of taking a good photo of it. It was difficult here too, but I guess I did a better job this time.

I'll let you enjoy it and describe it. It's your turn now.

I hope you liked these photos. Let me know in a comment, which is your favorite.

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