A Poetic Way to Deepen the Mystery

In a world where images have become a type of pollution, I am interested in creating a unique kind of reality removed from the social and political unrest that is currently defining our daily existence.

In this light, photography is not a form of escapism, but a poetic tool employed to ask more questions and deepen the Mystery. I am interested in how the subconscious becomes visible through our narratives and how art could be a positive force in a world whose humanistic values are constantly under siege. I have always believed in parallel universes. I hope that my images can point to the hidden portals between them.

Florin Ion Firimita is a visual artist, educator, and writer. He took his first photograph at the young age of three using a Soviet-made Zenith camera.

His interest in photography could be traced back to his father's modest amateur photo lab in Bucharest, Romania, where he was entrusted with mixing chemicals, developing film, and printing black-and-white images since he was six years old.

After his parents' death, he continued to study painting and drawing and kept taking photographs while holding jobs such as welder, grave digger, janitor, window decorator, and security guard.