Photographer shows how his hometown in Transylvania is dying
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By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/photographer-shows-how-his-hometown-in-transylvania-is-dying.htmlIn our time of comprehensive urbanization and eternal pursuit of happiness (although happiness is often understood as a higher standard of living), many people leave their native places for large cities where the infrastructure is better developed. And small towns, thus, become like God-forsaken ghost towns that would fit perfectly into some cheap Hollywood thriller with a chilling plot about a zombie apocalypse.
"I have been living in Bucharest for the last three years, but I was born and raised in the small Transylvanian town of Orești. I visit it several times a year, and every time I return to Bucharest, I have the feeling that my native Oreshtia is turning into a ghost town. Most of the streets are empty: sometimes I see lonely silhouettes crossing the road somewhere in the distance, and nothing else," says Romanian photographer Dragos Hanc.
(21 photos in total)
Source: vice.com
His photo project Hometown (translated as "Hometown") is dedicated to the Oreshtia.
Dragos calls Oreshtia a paradise of accidents, "even though nothing new seems to be happening there."
Keywords: City | Abandoned places | Abandoned | Romania | Photographer
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