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This series comes with a little story.

I've been submitting photos here for over 2 years now, and most of them were taken in Romania, my home country.
The biggest part of my submissions were photos of nice places, of beautiful places, and I have received many "I have to visit Romania" comments, which were flattering... but. There's always a but, isn't there?
Well, while I still believe that Romania is a beautiful country with a lot to show, and a lot of potential, I think it's important that I show the other side of it as well. As it's part of our lives, and we simply can't ignore it by only highlighting the good side.

This series is a collection of 14 photos that I took in a part of Bucharest called Ferentari. It is well-known around here for being a really dangerous area, but not all of it is actually bad. However, there are a few areas in Ferentari where, if you have the guts to go... let's just say you remain marked for life. As I have.

This particular area that I photographed isn't really the baddest, but I really didn't want to risk going into any of the others, and I especially chose to go on a rainy Saturday morning, so there wouldn't be many people around... I didn't want to attract too many people's attention with my camera.

There are no rules in these places. The police is trying to avoid them just as much as any of the other citizens do. The garbage is disposed everywhere, and not in special containers... but randomly on the ground, or in huge piles that can sometimes get as high as two floors. Just try to picture that. The smells there are impossible, there are always groups of old and middle age women and dirty kids rounded in front of the buildings' entrances, eating seeds and doing God-knows-what all day long.

The buildings there are made of one room flats, the entrances have no doors, the walls have no paint (or it's destroyed beyond any recognition), and one time when I entered one of those buildings, there were blood marks on the walls and a human dump in a corner. Seriously.

Anyway, enough talking. Bottom line is that I wanted to be honest and show you it's not all just pretty, cute and lovely.

PS: Check out the first thing I noticed when I entered this area: [link]

PPS: The first couple of images from there aren't that bad. I thought I should ease you in

Description
This series comes with a little story.

I've been submitting photos here for over 2 years now, and most of them were taken in Romania, my home country.
The biggest part of my submissions were photos of nice places, of beautiful places, and I have received many "I have to visit Romania" comments, which were flattering... but. There's always a but, isn't there?
Well, while I still believe that Romania is a beautiful country with a lot to show, and a lot of potential, I think it's important that I show the other side of it as well. As it's part of our lives, and we simply can't ignore it by only highlighting the good side.

This series is a collection of 14 photos that I took in a part of Bucharest called Ferentari. It is well-known around here for being a really dangerous area, but not all of it is actually bad. However, there are a few areas in Ferentari where, if you have the guts to go... let's just say you remain marked for life. As I have.

This particular area that I photographed isn't really the baddest, but I really didn't want to risk going into any of the others, and I especially chose to go on a rainy Saturday morning, so there wouldn't be many people around... I didn't want to attract too many people's attention with my camera.

There are no rules in these places. The police is trying to avoid them just as much as any of the other citizens do. The garbage is disposed everywhere, and not in special containers... but randomly on the ground, or in huge piles that can sometimes get as high as two floors. Just try to picture that. The smells there are impossible, there are always groups of old and middle age women and dirty kids rounded in front of the buildings' entrances, eating seeds and doing God-knows-what all day long.

The buildings there are made of one room flats, the entrances have no doors, the walls have no paint (or it's destroyed beyond any recognition), and one time when I entered one of those buildings, there were blood marks on the walls and a human dump in a corner. Seriously.

Anyway, enough talking. Bottom line is that I wanted to be honest and show you it's not all just pretty, cute and lovely.

PS: Check out the first thing I noticed when I entered this area: [link]

PPS: The first couple of images from there aren't that bad. I thought I should ease you in