A Romanian soldier holds a machine gun while on guard outside the House of the People days after the December 1989 uprising, which marked the end of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s rule: Security forces holding talks with Romanians following the execution of Ceausescu to see where to go next: Discussing the future: Photos by Patrick Durand … Continue reading
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Photos Of The Day: A Misty, Frozen Romanian Forest
I took these pictures last winter in a very remote region of Romania near the border with Moldova… The feeling when walking through the deathly silent, frozen forest is difficult to articulate, but it was quite ensorcelling and otherworldly: Continue reading
The Romanian Revolution Tour
This is primarily the story of a loathed dictator and his wife and the country that overcame them. But it is also something of a reminder that revolutions do not often turn out as expected. ***** An exploration of Bucharest will reveal that at one time it was obviously quite an attractive city. Unfortunately, all … Continue reading
In Search of Transylvania’s Vlad Dracula: The Dracula Tour
Fifteenth-century Wallachian prince Vlad Tepes is all too often credited with being Dracula, the vampire-count featured in the classic Gothic horror story Dracula (1897) written by Anglo-Irish novelist Bram Stoker. The association of these two unholy figures – one historical, the other fictitious – is nothing more than a product of popular imagination though. But … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 