Ovidiu is a 41-year-old confessed dreamer and award-winning visual storyteller. Born and raised in a family of artists in northern Romania, his love for landscape and passion for creating things with his own hands were encouraged and nurtured by his parents and inspired by his native environment. Ovi has been living and working in London for the past 16 years.
Growing up, I was captivated by watching my father’s creative process. From his drawings to painting his amazing works on canvas, he inspired me to dream of someday becoming an artist, just like him. Today, I pay homage to his talent and artistic spirit through my own work.
I started unlocking my creative flow in photography around fourteen years ago when I began collecting emotions through my lens. With a background in machinery and a keen sense for exact sciences and the geometry of the world around us, I capture specific emotions by applying angles, colour and light. The street photography segment is the niche that I feel best identifies me, with a bit of an ‘eternal snapshot’ twist. I feel I have a different experience than the classic stream. I enjoy capturing the quintessence of someone’s inner beauty and nostalgia. I constantly aim to metaphorically transpose my models’ souls into black-and-white memories that last for eternity.
My photographs capture a unique artistic quality, clearly defining my creative patterns.