vita migrantis

“vita migrantis” is an ongoing project that documents the Romanian migration phenomenon.

In the past 30 years, Romania has faced several dramatic social changes in the process of transitioning from Communism to democracy. According to official statistics, the Romanian diaspora is one of the largest growing diasporas in the world, with nearly 4 million Romanians spread in almost all of the Western European countries. The vast majority of Romanians deciding to leave the country are economic migrants in search of a better life.

So far, the project took the shape of three photo books that document the lives of three Romanian families (which have emigrated to Spain, Germany and the UK). It explores the transformations that these families have faced regarding their sense of belonging to a community and to a country. It also evokes the way their sense of identity has changed throughout the migration process.

“vita migrantis” uses the language of photographic essay and combines the rhetoric of photojournalism with that of sociological case studies. It tries to enrich the theoretical framework as it adds the migrant's point of view. My aim with this project is to provide an intimate, honest and empathic view of the Romanian migration, and to invite reflection and interiorization.