Alex Gâlmeanu is a photographer and image-maker working internationally across portraiture, fashion, advertising, film, and personal projects. He has worked professionally since 1998 and has developed a practice centered on people and the relationship among identity, performance, and public image.
His editorial work has appeared in the Romanian editions of Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Esquire, GQ, Marie Claire, The New York Times, and Men’s Health. His commissioned work includes campaigns for international brands such as Coca-Cola, Orange, Audi, BMW, Samsung, and Huawei. He has also created photographic posters and promotional imagery for film productions, including Netflix’s No One Gets Out Alive; Sky and Canal+’s Django; Ana, mon amour; Moromeții 2; Acasă, My Home; and Miracle.
Alongside commissioned work, Gâlmeanu develops personal and cultural projects centered on portraiture, observation, and photographic archives. People I Know was first exhibited at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest in 2005 and was subsequently shown in Paris, Toulouse, Reykjavík, and Cork. His ongoing projects include The Anastasia Project and The Museum of Photography.
His practice also extends into the moving image and social communication. He collaborated on the documentary Occasional Spies, which won Best Documentary at the 2023 Gopo Awards, and created the photography and video components of the award-winning Atingeri Nedorite campaign. His photographs have also appeared in Accidentally Wes Anderson and in contemporary art exhibitions and auctions in Romania and abroad.
Gâlmeanu studied Photography and Computerized Image Processing at the National University of Arts in Bucharest. He lives and works in Bucharest, collaborating with clients and productions in Romania and internationally.