other parts of my family

part of my family - my parents

my uncle with his masterpiece, the big boat, constructed by himself

my uncle is showing me and testing in the same time his binocular he received for his birthday while I was away in the UK

my brother, Dominic

angry, tired, bored, waiting

Elena Pascalau and Ioana Gheorghe, nothing relates them but still...

Elena in her confused moment of life, she will leave for Germany in autumn for a master degree. Ioana Gheorghe at 86 years old, lived all her life in Esechioi village, Dobrogea, she is not confused at all, with her pink slippers she is very comfortable to have her picture taken. 60 years difference between them...

Esechioi

Esechioi is a village in Dobrogea, Romania at the border with Bulgaria. It was a Turkish village but now only the name remained Turkish. In 2002, there were around 320 but now there are less than 200 and more and more houses are ruins after the old people died.This is an article I found on internet about Esechioi.
http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/constanta/Esechioi-Raiului-asezarea-capatul_0_111589052.html
My aunt was born and raised in Esechioi and I get the chance to go there pretty often. First photo is the family's house, where only her mother lives there now. These photos are from December 2011.

The bilberries pickers

On Jiu Valley amidst the mountains in Romania, the time from June to October is the season of berries and forest fruit in general. There are hundreds of families, without having a stable job, who earn a living from what the selling of the fruit they pick each day. People like Gyurka family go through the woods for many kilometers in order to find and to gather a few kilos of bilberries. Elisabeta and Iosif Gyurka have been together for about 10 years, and they have been doing together this season work. At home, they have their three children, Madalina, Andrei and Sebi the youngest. Istvan, Iosif’s brother-in-law, also comes with them to pick bilberries. They look for the for the ripe bilberries and, when they get home, they wash and select the good fruit from the raw fruit ones and dirt. Every night, when they finish selecting and washing the fruit, they take the bilberries to the collecting place. There are vans in the district they live which collect the bilberries for different price every day. The money they get varies, depending on how large or small amounts are brought to them every night. One kilo of bilberries can be sold with 2 euro. The fruits are further exported to Germany, Austria and other countries for the making of confectionary products such as jam.

scrap metal Georgia

The scrap metal in Georgia is an important source of income. Collected by those who live in the area between the city of Zugdidi and the Black Sea port of Poti, the scrap metal offers a source of income for each person who is involved in one way or another. Each person has a role in the whole industry of recovery and exporting scrap metal. The long process of scrap metal - collecting, weighing, selling and buying represents one of the country's leading exports.




























Demolished plant in Zugdidi.