FLORIN GHIOCA – Theatre Photographer
Born: 11.11.1978, Bucharest, Romania
Faculty of Letters, Department of Theatrology, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca
Staff photographer @ the National Theatre of Bucharest, since 2014.
Former journalist, editorialist and photoreporter for topmost Romanian publications.
Many photo exhibitions in main Romanian cities: Cluj Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Constanța, Arad, Mamaia, Vama Veche.
August 2017 – Theater photography seminar at the International Festival of Visual Arts – VSLO, Vama Veche, Romania.
August 2019 – Theatre and Stage Photography Workshop at the International Festival of Visual Arts VSLO, Vama Veche, Romania.
Sept. 2021 – Masterclass „Theatre Photography” – Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts (AMTAP) Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2022 – Founding President – International Association of Theatre Photographers (IATP)
WaterLear – underwater photo exhibition
THEATER PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS:
2015 – „Theater on a barrel of powder” – National Theater of Bucharest, Media Foyer, at the International Theater Festival NETA 2015
2016 – „Making of: L’Om DADa” – Sadler’s Wells, London
2019 – „Act Angry” – Preporod Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hertzegovina, at the „Winter Festival”, 32nd edition.
2019 – „ActAngry” – La Frontiera – Vama Veche, Romania, at the International Visual Arts Festival VSLO
2019 – „WaterLear” – underwater photo exhibition – Pleiada Hotel Iași, Romania
2019 – „WaterLear” (reloaded) – National Theatre of Bucharest
2020 – „TOUCHing” – the first virtual theatre photography exhibit in Romania
2020 – „NEAR(LY) FAR” – virtual theatre photography exhibition, part of the National Theatre Festival
2020 – 2021 – „Paintings (R)evolution” – at the National Art Museum Bucharest
2021 – „Romanian Theatre in Bucharest and Chișinău” – National Theatre „Mihai Eminescu” Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2021 – „Shylock – the last role” – National Theatre „Mihai Eminescu” Chișinău, Republic of Moldova
2022 – “WaterLear” – Ramada Plaza, International Shakespeare Festival Craiova, Romania
2022 – “Shylock – the last role” – open air Craiova, International Shakespeare Festival
2022 – „Comedy Week” – at „Sică Alexandrescu” Theatre in Brasov, Romania – „Comedy Week” Theatre Festival
2022 – „Caramitru – Beyond the Stage” – National Theaters Reunion in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova, at the National Theatre „Mihai Eminescu”.
2022 – “Beyond the Stage” at the National Theatre of Bucharest, opening the 32nd edition of the National Theatre Festival.
2023 – „Caramitru – Beyond the Stage” – Romanian Cultural Institute London
PRESS SELECTION:
Balkan Art Scene – Theatre Photography Is A Real Job, But More Than That It Is A Way Of Living
Zile și Nopți – ARTA FOTOGRAFICĂ | Interviu cu FLORIN GHIOCA
TVR3 – Despre expoziția de fotografie “Aproape, departe”
News.ro – “Touching”, prima expoziţie de fotografie de teatru vernisată în spaţiu virtual 3D
Business Review – Florin Ghioca: „TOUCHing” aims to „touch” people and bring them joy
Yorick.ro – Florin Ghioca: „Dacă nu iubești actorii, nu poți să fii fotograful lor”
Formula AS – Florin Ghioca – „Sunt foarte fericit în ceea ce fac”
Cariere – Florin Ghioca: “Fotograf de război” versus fotograf de teatru
Cotidianul – Succes al fotografiei românești la Sarajevo
Libertatea – Expoziție de fotografie cu actorii TNB, la Sarajevo
Adevărul – „WaterLear”, o expoziţie de fotografie specială la TNB
Europa FM – WaterLear: Florin Ghioca a vernisat prima expoziție de fotografie sub apă
Hotnews – Actorii TNB, fotografiați în „ploaie”, expuși în foaierul teatrului
Reporter IS – Cea mai spectaculoasă expoziţie de fotografie, vernisată la Iaşi sub apă!
Oslobodenje – Scenes from the Romanian Theater at the Revival Gallery
Libertatea – Poveștile din spatele celor mai spectaculoase fotografii de teatru