Ovi D. Pop

Biography

I was born in Oradea on the 9th of April, 1973. I have been a photographer for over 20 years. I prefer portraits, nudes, aerial and street photography. I had managed to issue seven illustrated editions of the Bihor County monograph, which contain about 1.000 photographs, illustrating the most representative sites in the county. I also issued six editions of the Travel Guide Book of Bihor County, 3 editions of the Oradea Mea album, Nude in the City, Comitatus Bihoriensys album, many postcards, pocket books, which reflect his photographic activity.In 2013 my photographic activity took a turn towards artistic photography and I managed to become a MAAFR (The Association of Romanian Artist Photographers) artist and E.FIAP/p artist (Excellence of the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique), managing to obtain 2770 prizes (752 gold medals/1st place/trophies) in 101 countries.I had several individual photography exhibitions in Oradea, Cluj Napoca, Valea lui Mihai, Gyula, Hajduszoboszlo (Hungary) – 2013, 2014, Bruxelles – 2013, 2014, 2018, 2023, Cernăuţi (Ukraine), Chişinău (Moldova), Negova (Slovenia), Singapore, Pingyao, Minsk, but also group photography exhibitions in Cluj Napoca, Bucharest, Szeged, Budapest, Bratislava, Kosice (Slovakia), Cernăuţi and Ujgorod (Ukraine), Chişinău (Moldova), Monteviarchi (Italy), Kolkata and in Shenzen (China).I participated as a judge in more than 100 interntional salons such as in Croatia, China, Denmark, Nepal, Bulgaria, Georgia, Italy, Australia, India, Ecuador, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hungary, Ukraine and Romania. In 2021, I was awarded the silver medal of the Paris Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters!