Archive photos of Romanian people (1 photo)
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Archive photos of Romanian people
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Popescu says he does not know what he will uncover as he works through the collection. He has already discovered royalty in the boxes – with photographs of both Queen Marie and King Carol II.
‘Maybe when I finish scanning the whole plates, who knows what treasure I will find?’ he said.
‘Any bit of fact that can make history clearer, that can enlighten an obscure event is important... I'd be glad to find out that Costică Acsinte's photographs play such a role. I'm sure that one day, a historian will find the archive as interesting as I do,’ he said.
Popescu knew the name of Costică Ascinte from when he was a child and his father, also a photographer, worked with one of Ascinte’s sons. So when he saw some of Ascinte’s photographs on postcards, he began searching for his collection.
He discovered that after Ascinte’s death, the collection was acquired by the Ialomita County Museum and sat unopened in a back storage room.
Though the plates were rapidly degrading due to improper storage it took Popescu several years to convince the museum to let him preserve and digitise the images.
‘Maybe when I finish scanning the whole plates, who knows what treasure I will find?’ he said.
‘Any bit of fact that can make history clearer, that can enlighten an obscure event is important... I'd be glad to find out that Costică Acsinte's photographs play such a role. I'm sure that one day, a historian will find the archive as interesting as I do,’ he said.
Popescu knew the name of Costică Ascinte from when he was a child and his father, also a photographer, worked with one of Ascinte’s sons. So when he saw some of Ascinte’s photographs on postcards, he began searching for his collection.
He discovered that after Ascinte’s death, the collection was acquired by the Ialomita County Museum and sat unopened in a back storage room.
Though the plates were rapidly degrading due to improper storage it took Popescu several years to convince the museum to let him preserve and digitise the images.
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