By: Priscilla Frank
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/19/alecsandra-raluca-dragoi_n_6895626.html?utm_hp_ref=arts
Twenty-two year-old London based Romanian photographer Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi has embarked on a photography project answering the one question people so often try to ignore: "What is your greatest regret?". Her project, titled "What is Your Biggest Regret?", works to capture photos of individuals in public spaces, providing the "models" with a window for opening up their past and expressing their thoughts on the present and future. Alecsandra works hard to gain the trust of the individuals in order to form a comfortable environment in which she allows strangers to open up on topics they would otherwise never want to bring up. "She displays a profound understanding of time, forgiveness, ad the power of sharing what's so long been repressed" (Frank, 1). Her project, however, is not limited to the photographs only she takes. She allows individuals from all parts of the world to send images to her Facebook account depicting them in similar forms, sharing their personal regrets and opening up to the world.
In a society where everyone feels the constant need to conceal, it is refreshing to see people in their purest and most open form, expressing themselves completely, in ways that would otherwise seem unconventional. Alecsandra's project being a rather direct form of expression is a nice change from the abstract, presenting human nature in its most vulnerable yet also strongest state, where one is no longer restricted to his or her own thoughts and self but rather feels a sense of unity with all of human nature.
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