The photo exhibition "Of Stone and Steel - A Voyage Into the World of Urbex", by Princess Sofia of Romania, will open on October 29 at 19:00 at the 'Constantin Brancusi' Gallery of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) in London, the ICR said in a release. The opening ceremony will be accompanied by an introductory address given by the princess.
The exhibition, created by Princess Sofia together with Jean Milligan - a former director of the Swiss branch of the Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation, and her assistant Irina Andreea Cristea, will present over 20 impactful photographic panels which capture an exceptional foray into the history and current condition of various sites of abandoned buildings in Romania.
"After more than two years of preparation and painstaking plnning, the authors traveled across the country to bring these exceptional photographs to the public. Thus, the viewer is transposed into a visual Odyssey that is both intimate and captivating, and guided among these structures that today lie derelict. We hope that through this project, the memory of these buildings will be kept alive and that they will not fall into oblivion even more, completely turning into ghosts of past eras," the release states.
The exhibition will be open Monday to Friday, between 10:00 and 17:00.