Tag: Zaharia Cusnir

  • What a Discovery of Old Negatives Revealed About Zaharia Cușnir – The New York Times

    What a Discovery of Old Negatives Revealed About Zaharia Cușnir – The New York Times

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    How a Chance Discovery of Old Negatives Revealed a Master Photographer For Zaharia Cusnir, photography was an all-consuming passion. Now, nearly 30 years after he died in obscurity, the Moldovan’s fame is rising. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/world/europe/photographer-moldova-soviet-cusnir.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=World%20News For Zaharia Cusnir, photography was an all-consuming passion. Now, nearly 30 years after he died in obscurity, the Moldovan’s fame…

  • Astonishing Photos of Soviet Village Life Found In Abandoned House

    Astonishing Photos of Soviet Village Life Found In Abandoned House

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    Astonishing Photos of Soviet Village Life Found In Abandoned House In the spring of 2016, film student Victor Galusca was exploring a sleepy village in his native Moldova when the 23-year-old noticed some photographic via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2020/01/21/the-village-genius-astonishing-photos-of-soviet-life-found-in-an-abandoned-house/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 The discarded pictures were the life’s work of Zaharia Cusnir, an unknown amateur photographer who died in 1993.