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As I Found It

As I Found It is an ongoing photographic practice built around the act of seeing. The images record unplanned encounters, fleeting gestures, visual coincidences, and emotional contrasts as they appear in everyday life, without staging or intervention. Some exist for only a fraction of a second; others emerge through an unexpected alignment of people, objects, light, and context. Rooted in street and documentary photography, the project is both an exercise in observation and an evolving act of curation: a subjective archive of reality as it presented itself. The project has also taken the form of a photobook. Selections from the series have been exhibited and published in editorial outlets, while limited-edition fine-art prints are held in private collections worldwide.

Shadows of two people and a bicycle on a stone wall in Florence, Italy. Photograph by Alex Gâlmeanu.

Florence, Italy, 2021

Diners seated beneath a painted family feast in Singapore. Photograph by Alex Gâlmeanu.

Singapore, 2025

A pigeon perched on a woman’s wool hat in Kraków, Poland. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Kraków, Poland, 2025

A street musician with a white cat on his shoulder in Rome, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Rome, Italy, 2024

A man’s face reflected in a scooter mirror in Florence, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Florence, Italy, 2019

Skaters scattered across a white ice rink seen from above in Brașov, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Brașov, Romania, 2023

Two workers dressing a mannequin inside a Louis Vuitton window in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2025

A couple holding an upside-down sign outside a flower kiosk in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2023

A gallery visitor visually aligned with a small painted portrait in Rome, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Rome, Italy, 2024

A seated man layered with street reflections in a window in Venice, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Venice, Italy, 2026

An older couple in bright swim caps walking along a seaside pier in Cattolica, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Cattolica, Italy, 2022

One man carrying another through a flooded square in Venice, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Venice, Italy, 2024

A lone figure walking beneath a massive suspended boulder in Los Angeles, California. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Los Angeles, California, USA

A monumental white sculpture transported on a small truck in Pietrasanta, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Pietrasanta, Italy, 2024

A flower-covered woman beside a bicycle beneath a blooming magnolia tree in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2024

A seated man holding a handwritten “Fii fericit” sign in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2022

A women with her child posing beneath a monumental equestrian painting in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2023

Swimmers dispersed through turquoise water seen from above in Rosignano Marittimo, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Rosignano Marittimo, Italy, 2024

A clown-like person walking hand in hand with an elderly woman in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2020

Marching soldiers wearing printed moustache masks in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2020

A river surfer riding a standing wave in Munich, Germany. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Munich, Germany, 2024

A woman standing beside a vintage Fotoautomatica booth in Florence, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Florence, Italy, 2024

A woman mirroring the pose of a bronze seated figure in Loulé, Portugal. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Loulé, Portugal, 2022

A smiling driver beneath bundles of fresh garlic tied to a small car in Palermo, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Palermo, Italy, 2022

Two people carrying a flower painting across a public square in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2019

A discarded mannequin resting among market boxes and debris in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2017

A cat standing across a man’s head and shoulders in Florence, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Florence, Italy, 2022

Window cleaners suspended against a glass facade filled with cloud reflections in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2018

Father and doughter walking along the beach, in Constanța, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Constanța, Romania, 2020

A man with prosthetic legs walking hand in hand across a street in Aarhus, Denmark. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Aarhus, Denmark, 2023

Four members of the clergy walking past a church in Florence, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Florence, Italy, 2021

Bathers scattered across natural thermal pools seen from above in Saturnia, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Saturnia, Italy, 2021

A passenger seen through layered bus and traffic reflections in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2020

A child peering through the opening of a monumental bronze head in Kraków, Poland. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Kraków, Poland, 2025

A police officer doubled by a mirrored Times Square installation in New York, USA. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

New York, USA, 2026

A seated diner framed by a neon pizza sign beside a narrow alley in Venice, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Venice, Italy, 2017

Two small figures standing beneath a monumental patterned arch in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2023

A woman using crutches as she enters the sea in Viareggio, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Viareggio, Italy, 2024

A reader carrying books along a diagonal staircase inside Stuttgart City Library, Germany. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Stuttgart, Germany, 2024

A solitary woman and a flying bird on the seafront in Constanța, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Constanța, Romania, 2022

A driver inside a white three-wheeled Ape vehicle in Syracuse, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Syracuse, Italy, 2018

A cluster of black umbrellas moving through a rain-soaked street in Rome, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Rome, Italy, 2024

Rows of orange rooftops forming a graphic aerial pattern in Nazaré, Portugal. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Nazaré, Portugal, 2022

A child bending forward between her parents on the seafront in Constanța, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Constanța, Romania, 2021

A woman seen beyond glass and rows of mirrored spheres in Wassenaar, Netherlands. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Wassenaar, Netherlands, 2019

A balloon vendor almost hidden beneath a cluster of colorful balloons in Brașov, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Brașov, Romania, 2026

A lone swimmer beyond a geometric field of beach umbrellas in Phuket, Thailand. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Phuket, Thailand, 2019

A man pushing a blue Volkswagen Beetle through an empty night street in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2020

A father carrying a child holding a Hulk toy in Ericeira, Portugal. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Ericeira, Portugal, 2022

A masked pedestrian aligned with a monumental painted face in Rome, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Rome, Italy, 2021

A lone figure framed in an illuminated beach cabin at dusk in Alghero, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Alghero, Italy, 2018

A woman seated inside a densely packed antique shop in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Tbilisi, Georgia, 2023

Tiny figures crossing a white pier between expanses of turquoise water in Trieste, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Trieste, Italy, 2023

Two pedestrians wearing spherical gold headpieces on a Warsaw street in Poland. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Warsaw, Poland, 2023

A group of elderly women talking outside a doorway in Pitigliano, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Pitigliano, Italy, 2021

An elderly couple walking together, one using a cane, in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2023

A child walking beneath four square windows in Siena, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Siena, Italy, 2021

A solitary man before an ornate blue-tiled facade in Porto, Portugal. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Porto, Portugal, 2021

A woman at a café table seen through layered window reflections in Madrid, Spain. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Madrid, Spain, 2022

Women gathered around a collapsed red umbrella on a wet street in Venice, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Venice, Italy, 2024

A masked passenger reading behind the blue window of a bus in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2022

A child swinging from a tyre over a tropical beach in Bintan, Indonesia. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bintan, Indonesia, 2018

A family holding hands beneath a neon message about love in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2024

A woman in red seated on a beach facing a distant chapel in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, 2022

A canal reflection and a white car forming an inverted cityscape in Utrecht, Netherlands. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Utrecht, Netherlands, 2019

A cleaner vacuuming the steps of a historic building in Timișoara, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Timișoara, Romania, 2023

Beach umbrellas and long shadows beside turquoise water seen from above in Livorno, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Livorno, Italy, 2021

Two painted portraits displayed on office chairs in Lucca, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Lucca, Italy, 2023

A woman leaning beneath a handwritten “Carpe diem” message in Florence, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Florence, Italy, 2024

A snow-covered outdoor clothing rack on a Bucharest street in Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2025

A small child standing beside monumental white columns in Bucharest, Romania. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Bucharest, Romania, 2020

An art vendor unfolding a large city print on a Rome street in Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Rome, Italy, 2021

Passengers framed in the wooden windows of a historic tram in Mallorca, Spain. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Mallorca, Spain, 2017

A chef walking through a sunlit alley in Venice, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Venice, Italy, 2017

A solitary figure crossing a bright opening beneath a shadowed arch in Venice, Italy. Photograph by Alex Galmeanu.

Venice, Italy, 2024

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