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Toma Hurduc

Romania

Biography

Toma Hurduc (b. 2001, Romania) is a documentary photographer, currently working in Bucharest. His attention was first focused on representing local underground communities and movements, which he strongly feels related to. Nowadays, his narratives are often built on top of the personal experience and relationship with the subject matter, therefore the factual truth is often mixed with the meta, imaginative truth, aiming to question the human perception of reality, dread, anxiety, ephemerality and the construction of memory.
Having a degree in Cinematography, at the National University of Theatre and Film I. L. Caragiale and currently studying for a Masters degree in Visual and Society Studies at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Toma is highly interested in the formation of images and their social implications, choosing to work regularly with analog techniques and various printing and display methods, aiding his artistic concept with a hands-on, participative approach, seeing photography as a constant exchange with the surrounding world.
Toma’s work has been exhibited both collectively and solo in Romania (Centrul de Resurse în Fotografie, Art Museum of Cluj Napoca, Common House, Piua Studio), France (IKEA+, 28 Rue de Lappe, Paris), England (Photo London 2025), Norway (Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art) and he has been part of multiple mentorship programs, most recent being with Annie Leibovitz. His images were used by Scena9, Press One

Toma Hurduc (b. 2001, Romania) is a documentary photographer, currently working in Bucharest. His attention was first focused on representing local underground communities and movements, which he strongly feels related to. Nowadays, his narratives are often built on top of the personal experience and relationship with the subject matter, therefore the factual truth is often mixed with the meta, imaginative truth, aiming to question the human perception of reality, dread, anxiety, ephemerality and the construction of memory. Having a degree in Cinematography, at the National University of Theatre and Film I. L. Caragiale and currently studying for a Masters degree in Visual and Society Studies at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Toma is highly interested in the formation of images and their social implications, choosing to work regularly with analog techniques and various printing and display methods, aiding his artistic concept with a hands-on, participative approach, seeing photography as a constant exchange with the surrounding world. Toma’s work has been exhibited both collectively and solo in Romania (Centrul de Resurse în Fotografie, Art Museum of Cluj Napoca, Common House, Piua Studio), France (IKEA+, 28 Rue de Lappe, Paris), England (Photo London 2025), Norway (Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art) and he has been part of multiple mentorship programs, most recent being with Annie Leibovitz. His images were used by Scena9, Press One

Project

Toma Hurduc’s ongoing project “Two Suns” paints a picture of people becoming so lost in the chaos of their environment that the apocalypse is creeping in unnoticed. His portrayal of the urban landscape highlights how individuals are fed a constant stream of images and distorted realities, making the end seem inevitable even in the absence of clear signs. The project focuses on socio-economic issues in the Balkan countries, capturing the concept of “crowded solitude” amidst chaotic urban life, all the while infusing an underlying sense of apocalypse. He began photographing for this project in 2023, documenting Albania, Romania, Greece and the Republic of Moldova, depicting this locally-universal life experience, as imagined moments before something disastrous happens.

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