Petrut Calinescu, born 1976, is a freelance photojournalist based in Bucharest, Romania. Covering documentaries and social issues, his reportages has been published in National Geographic and Esquire . He was also a contributor for New York Times, Courrier International, The Times, Business Week, Paris Match, and various international magazines and newspapers. He won 2 times the title of the Best Romanian Photojournalist and recently in 2007 an Award of Excellence, for a sport feature, in POYi - Picture of the Year International. Represented by Panos Pictures.
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Romania: Transylvania’s Last Peasants
By Petrut Calinescu
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 2 May 2009
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Romania is aging and, at the same time, it’s Transylvania region experiences depopulation once again. This time in an even more devastating way than during the Saxon emigration in medieval times. It is estimated that 4 million Romanians (20% of the general population), especially those from the rural areas, have left the country to work [...]