Paris photography exhibition looks at Bucharest’s transformation over three decades
<p><em>Bucarest – Trente Ans Après / Bucharest – Thirty Years Later</em>, an exhibition of photography by Laure Hinckel, is scheduled to open at the Macadam Gallery in Paris this week.</p>

<p>The exhibition, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) in Paris, proposes “a visual dialogue about the transformation of Bucharest over three decades.”</p>

<p>It includes 18 photographs taken in various places in Bucharest in 1994 and 2024, along with a collection of memorabilia – posters, postcards, and notebook pages.</p>

<p>A first exhibition, featuring photos made in 1994, was organized in January 1995 at the French Institute in Bucharest. "<em>Bucarest - Thirty Years Later</em> continues this visual dialogue and reaffirms the cultural affinities between France and Romania,” a presentation of the event reads.</p>

<p>Laure Hinckel is a French translator specializing in Romanian literature. After studying journalism in Tours, she collaborated with publications in France and came to Romania as a reporter. She has translated into French works by Camil Petrescu, Ștefan Agopian, Matei Vișniec, Andrei Pleșu, and Mircea Cărtărescu.</p>

<p>She received the Antoaneta Ralian Translation Award, awarded by Radio Romania at the Gaudeamus Book Fair, for the bilingual album <em>Bucharest - Thirty Years Later / Bucarest - Trente Ans Après</em>.</p>

<p>The album <em>Bucarest - Trente Ans Après&nbsp;</em>will be presented in April at the <em>Festival du Livre 2025</em> in Paris.</p>

<p>The exhibition is open between March 27 and June 1.</p>

<p><em>(Illustration: ICR)</em></p>

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