“DAILY BETWEEN 13 AND 17” – Winner of ROMANIAN PHOTOBOOK AWARD 2026 – Photographic Project Section

“Just as Paris has the Seine, London the Thames, and Budapest and Vienna the Danube, Timișoara has the Bega. Thrown across the city map like a piece of string, the construction of the Bega canal began in 1728, under the supervision of the military governor of Banat, Count Florimund de Mercy.”

“Bucharest. It’s the city where I was born and which I somehow ignored up until a while ago. I very well may have missed many stories in my carelessness during this time. Perhaps because I know I have Bucharest „at hand”, as it’s the city where I spend most of my time. – Cosmin Gârleșteanu”

The book documents the “life” of this former resort during the period 2022–2024, approximately 30 years after its “abandonment,” capturing and exploring the ruins and the marks left by people and time. Alongside my own photographs, the project also includes archival images, postcards from the resort’s glory days, and personal photographs from the archive of a local family.

“Dorian Delureanu spent 7 years doing theater photography in Craiova, between 1993-2000: […] I had the chance to photograph iconic performances staged by important directors such as Silviu Purcărete, Beatrice Bleonț, Mihai Măniuțiu, Tompa Gábor, Cristian Hadji-Culea, Vlad Mugur.”