EVERYTHING, SOMETHING AND NOTHING ROB SEVEREIN
A Romanian portfolio
by Rob Severein
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About the Book
On Christmas Day, Ceauşescu was tried for crimes against his own people and sentenced to death by firing squad. He was executed along with his wife, Elena, that very same day. Ceauşescu ruled Romania with an iron fist for over 21 years, using the secret police, Securitate, to silence political enemies. On his orders the army is estimated to have killed 60.000 people during Ceauşescu’s reign. Ceauşescu, during the last year of his rule resided in a lofty palace, the Casa Republicii, drinking fine wine whereas ordinary Romanians, by contrast, were robbed from their basic standard of living as well as their human dignity. In the end, the people took to the streets of Bucharest in protest, holding up signs that read “We Want Bread.” The revolution that ousted Ceauşescu from power cost the lives of 1,104 Romanians.
Today, the country is slowly coming to terms with its past, better enabling it to move towards a future where Romanians need no longer live in fear of persecution.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: Standard Portrait, 7.75×9.75 in, 20×25 cm
# of Pages: 64 - Publish Date: Jun 13, 2012
- Language English
- Keywords rob severein, photography, romania, everything, something, nothing, portfolio
About the Creator
Rob Severein is born in 1964 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he also spends his youth. He studies design and typography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Utrecht (HKU). After graduating late 1988, he starts off working as an art director in the advertising industry. In the years to follow, he is creatively responsible for multiple award winning campaigns at home and abroad, with various advertising agencies. In 2011 he leaves his co-founded and successful advertising agency. He wants to spend more time in photography and joins the Amsterdam Academy of Photography for a 3-year Master's degree. Since 2014, Rob is engaged in documentary photography and storytelling. His work on the people in the Exclusion Zone around Chernobyl and his series about the AZOV battalion in Ukraine are published among others in VICE Magazine and NRC Handelsblad. It is also nominated for the 2015 SO Dutch Photography Awards.