Shadows of a Revolution - Part II is the follow up visit to my origina visit to Bucharest, Romania. The first part of the documentary project began in 1997. The assignment for this portion of the project was to return back to Romania, 15 years later, and work to locate any of the children originally documented in Bucharest in November of 1997. began in 1997, documenting the lives of Romanian street children in the wake of the fall of the Ceausescu regime. Orphanages, once swollen with neglected children, became empty shells as the young spilled out, abandoned by a system that barely cared for them and left them alone in the Shadows of a Revolution. Partnering with Save the Children, Romania, I gained access to programs for abandoned and displaced youth, capturing part of a generation left behind by political turmoil. The images revealed a hidden reality and humanized a marginalized group overlooked by much of the world. Ultimately, “Shadows of a Revolution” seeks to show that these are not just isolated stories of the past—they are ongoing realities that require attention and action.
Pistea Dealing with the emotional pains and emptiness of living on the street, Pistea inhaled too much auralac one night while down in the sewer canal and lit himself on fire.
