Andrei Farcasanu is a Romanian photographer living and working in Barcelona, Spain. He works with black and white analog photography, hand made prints, small size. His work is focus on intimate pictorial photography used as a way of investigate the subtle details of everyday life.

Through his minimalist photography, the reduced size of his works, through the fact that the artist transforms the photos to a level of unique and singular object, the observer – in order to understand the message – has to come closer, to study the details, to slow down the rhythm of modern life.

Graduated from National University of Arts Bucharest, Academy of Fine Arts and majored in paintings (2003) he holds a Master degree in Photography and Live arts  (2005) and a PhD in photography with the thesis Social Photography (2013).

In the last years he won various photography contests and prizes and since 1999 he participated in exhibitions in Spain, Romania, Serbia, France, Greece, Poland.

His work is collected by institutions and private collectors through the world. In Spain he is represented by Valid Foto Gallery – an establish fine art photography gallery.

Awards – festivals participation:

2018
Selected for FestImatge – Photography and film Festival, Calella, Spain

2016
– Winner of Barcelona International Photography Awards, Barcelona, Spain

2015
– Winner of Joan Cabanas- Alibau Photography Prize, Sant Cugat, Spain
– Selected for Revela-T Analogue Photography Festival, Vilassar de Dalt, Spain
– Finalist of Barcelona International Photography Awards

2014
– Selected for London Analog Photography Festival, London, UK
– Selected for Revela-T Analogue Photography Festival, Vilassar de Dalt, Spain
– Selected for SlideLuck Festival, Barcelona, Spain

2013
– Selected for Photo OFF Photography Festival, Paris, France

Selection of exhibitions:

2018
Casa Elizalde – solo exhibition –  Barcelona, Spain
CC Sant Marti – solo exhibition  – Barcelona, Spain
FestImatge – Photography and film Festival -solo exhibition  – Calella, Barcelona
BIPA (Barcelona International Photography Awards ) Winners exhibition – Group exhibition – FestImatge, Calella, Barcelona

2017
“The quiet sense of nature” – solo exhibition – Casa Golfeichs Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
“The quiet sense of nature” – solo exhibition – Galeria 78, Gdynia, Poland
“The quiet sense of nature” – solo exhibition – Cal Gerrer Museum, Cabanas Foundation, Barcelona, Spain

2016
– “Barcelona International Photography Awards” (BIPA 2016) winners exhibition – Valid Foto Gallerry, Barcelona, Spain
– “The quiet sense of nature” – solo exhibition- Pati Limona Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2015
– “Cinque aniversari”– Valid Photo Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. 

2014
– “Five years of talent” – Valid Photo Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
– “MindScapes II” – Revela-T Analogic Photography Festival, Villasal de Dalt, Spain
– “MindScapes” – Centre d’Art Santa Monica (Arts Libris Festival), Barcelona, Spain.
– “MindScapes I” SlideLuck Photography Festival, Barcelona, Spain

2013
– “My mindscapes” – Photo OFF Photography Festival, La BelleVilloise Gallery, Paris, France
– ONFI II (photography) – Valid Foto BCN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
– “Realidad y emocion” – Valid Foto BCN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
– “Azul” – La Sala Pintada Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
– “Collect the World” – Valid Foto BCN Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.

2012
– “Confiidencias” – Espacio GIC Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
– “Souvenirs” – Espacio GIC Gallery, Barcelona, Spain