Award-winning Hungarian photographer Tamas Dezso documented the villages of rural Romania from 2003 until 2007, when the isolated country was finally granted entry into the European Union. Each image deftly captures a people in transition, poised for change yet still struggling to recover from the constraints of Communism that left their country impoverished. Dezso’s pictures highlight the poignant solitude of his subjects against a ravishing, culturally rich landscape. From an elderly couple watching television in their unheated living room to a young boy on the road to a brighter future, see a preview of Dezso’s photo exhibition. Co-curated by Newsweek’s International Photo Editor James Price and writer Anna Van Lenten, The Dignity of Isolation is on view at the Half King Gallery in New York City from August 2 to September 25, 2011.
