CURRENT MISSION

I'm a photographer and movie maker

ABOUT ME

Pavalache Stelian Nicolae was born in 1976 at Urziceni, Romania and working now as a photographer, programming engineer, web developer & graphic designer

Founder and developper of the Satwa Guna (illusion of forms) International Project, the only major worldwide project in which photography catches the unity in diversity of universal spirituality.

Member and founder of Extrem Alpin Association, member of STUD FILM Asc., Romanian Alpin Club Asc., honorary member of ECO Bacau Asc.
Senior photographer for PhotoDesign Studio, Photo editor and Senior photographer for Dreamstime.com Agency- Stock Photography (Dreamstime LLC United States)
Working with , and Horizon photo equipment.

my words...

Who are you, Photography?
Why such question? Otherwise how? How could I talk to the light? I am trying to plunge into its world and bring it to the surface under the shape of letters. What an impossible mission has been assigned to me. It is as if I would rudely and constantly rummage the mystery of the infinite man. But...do you remember the shooting starts? ...well, knead infinite stars in your palm and then, as genuinely as a child, throw them back into the universe. Men and worlds will emerge. Somewhere out there, a tiny bit of light is my world and the light within it. Through light, all things have shape and enhance effect. Light reveals itself to me and I am surprised. I do not believe in shapes and colors. . . . I do not even know if they truly exist. I do not believe in the moral of shapes, I do not believe in the moral of lightless words, I do not believe that . . . I do not believe that light is ultimate or absolute . . . I press the shutter towards infinite worlds . . . (even my world), and they all fall mingled through the child's fingers and they settle plainly on the silverish forever. A soulful image. I close the shutter . . . darkness in the hand of the lightless child.
Wondering what all this has got to do with photography?
This is how I feel it. This is my creed . . . ABOUT LIGHT.

words from friends...

''Stelian, Poliphemus, in search of the world in the quarters of the second after pushing the trigger button. With the mind and soul he leaves on the argent film a part of the gold belonging to the world he passes through''. Stelian, the man behind the camera who forgets himself when the light smiles to him and the people and objects seem to speak with him.'' Dan Mitrut (winner of the award for the astrophotopoet of the 20th century in Romania) [danmitrut.ro]

''He is an artist in loved with the mountain, he lives the nature around him and, like the clouds that surround the blue heights, he becomes one with the greatness of the rock. Conquered by the charms of nature, the sensible man hidden in this author, dedicated a rich colored palette through an enchanting style and a beautiful combination of sensibility, soft irony and realism.'' Celly Karla

Photo exhibitions:

Photo Exhibition 2010 - Satwa Guna IV (Form Illusion) - Carturesti Library - Bucuresti
Photo Exhibition 2009 - Satwa Guna III (Form Illusion) - Carturesti Library - Timisoara
Photo Exhibition 2009 - Satwa Guna III (Form Illusion) - Carturesti Library - Cluj
Photo Exhibition 2009 - Satwa Guna III (Form Illusion) - Photo Art Gallery - Oradea
Photo Exhibition 2009 - Satwa Guna III (Form Illusion) - Best FotoFest - Bucharest
Photo Exhibition 2009 - Satwa Guna III (Form Illusion) - Best FotoFest - Brasov
Photo Exhibition 2008 - Satwa Guna II (Khampucea People stage) - Gold on ''My Photo-Reportage'' contest, ''Discovery'' magazine, Bucharest, Romania
Photo Exhibition 2008 - Satwa Guna II (Form Illusion) - Village Museum - Bucharest
Photo Exhibition 2008 - Satwa Guna I (Searching for INCA) - Zvonimir Art Gallery , 33 Bauerova, Zagreb - Croatia
Photo Exhibition 2007 - Satwa Guna II (Form Illusion) - International partnership of attorneys Norr Stiefenhofer Lutz- Egantia Bank - Bucharest
Photo Exhibition 2006 - National Project - "Pune-te in locul meu" - Photo Art Gallery of Army House - Bucharest
Photo Exhibition 2006 - Satwa Guna I (Searching for INCA) Satwa Guna - Photo Art Gallery of Pogor House - Iasi
Photo Exhibition 2006 - Satwa Guna I (Searching for INCA) Satwa Guna - Cultural center Ionel Perlea - Slobozia
Photo Exhibition 2005 - Satwa Guna I (Searching for INCA) Satwa Guna - National Theatre Bucharest - Romania
Photo Exhibition 2005 - Satwa Guna I (Searching for INCA) Satwa Guna - Town hall of Pitesti city

Interests

I'm traveling around the world :) so ... i like and i'm interested in all the places over the world :)

• arts
• writing
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• clubbing
• traveling
• hunting
• engineering

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Romania, Switzerland