Marius Muresanu

I was born in Romania and came to the United States at age 18 to study at Harvard College and subsequently the Yale School of Art. My photography reflects an allegiance to my classical training, my fondness for old world Eastern European aesthetics, and my life experience as an immigrant. In particular, I have a persistent curiosity for absorbing and documenting cultural norms, taboos and nuances of American society. I work primarily in black and white and I am especially drawn to the timeless elegance of silver gelatin prints. Through my photographs, I seek to catapult the viewer on a journey into worlds barricaded by closed door. Whether it is an operating room, a fetishist’s lair or a gubernatorial candidate’s back office, I try to capture sharp, witty and intelligent viewpoints. My work does not cater to the censorship of power; rather it exposes imperfections, illuminates un-manicured expressions and glimpses the sincerity of moments unfolding.

Over the past two decades I have developed a sensibility that straddles the line between photojournalism and art. In my Bachelor Parties series, and the recent Making of a Governor Campaign documentation, I sought to escape the conventions of modern-day photojournalism, the sca...

Harvard College, BS History of Science
Yale School of Art, MFA

Bachelor Parties, Black and White on White Gallery, NYC, 1993

Surgeries, Fordham Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC, 1995

Sadie,Gray Gove Gallery, NYC 2006

The Making of a Governor, Grand Central-Vanderbilt Hall, NYC, 2007

Modern Masters of Photography, Aperture Gallery – Josephine Herrick Project, NYC, 2013

Fifty Years on the Merritt, Metropolis Magazine, November 1990

Toshi Katayama’s Class: Graphic Design Work at Harvard University, Musashino Art University Press, Japan, 1993