Andrei Becheru
Romania
Biography
Andrei Becheru is an independent photographer and co-founder of the FOC collective based in Bucharest. Becheru works as an editor and producer in long-term collaborations with visual artists and photographers, both international and local, for photography projects and publications on social and environmental topics. Becheru is a regular contributor to Scena9 since 2019, and collaborated with the Romanian Center for European Policies, Magnum Photos Paris, Centre Pompidou, Cdfd, The European Cultural Foundation, Kajet Journal, Arte.tv
Project
Handful of Earth is an ongoing visual exploration of the human connection to the places we inhabit and of daily life in mountain regions. The project grew out of Andrei Becheru’s long-standing fascination with the mysterious atmosphere of mountain landscapes — a fascination rooted in childhood and rekindled in 2014 through his work with a local NGO and a personal urge to explore.
For two years, he gathered images during mountain hikes, allowing them to mature before they began to form into a coherent narrative. This process revealed a “puzzle” of impressions — fragments of sound, memory, and landscape that gradually came together into the foundation of the project.
Music plays a central role in shaping the work. Becheru associates certain places with specific sounds, and his photographs seek to translate these resonances into visual form. Handful of Earth is both the first chapter of this artistic journey and the name of an album that merges traditional and contemporary music. Ambient, electroacoustic, and experimental genres serve as key sources of inspiration, informing the mood and rhythm of the images.
