Tag: Costica Ascinte

  • The Race to Save a Hauntingly Beautiful Photo Archive

    The Race to Save a Hauntingly Beautiful Photo Archive

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/02/04/costica-acsinte-archive/#1 Costica Ascinte was a Romanian army photographer during World War I who, following his discharge, opened a small commercial studio in Slobozia, about 80 miles east of Bucharest. For two decades after the war, he was likely the only professional photographer…