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One flew over a gentry`s nest
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Marcel, a patient, poses in front of Căpâlnaș Psychiatric Hospital, Căpâlnaș, Arad County, Romania, 2021. Part of my project, One flew over a gentry’s nest, about the patients of Căpâlnaș Psychiatric Hospital. The hospital is housed by the Mocioni-Teleki castle, built between 1876-1879. In 1948 the castle was nationalized by the comunist regime, confiscated from their owners, The Mocioni family, and later became a psychiatric hospital. 2023 will be the last year for the psychiatric hospital to function in the castle, the estate being restituted to Mocioni family's descendents and the hospital will be relocated to a new, modern building. Marcel gave his informed consent for the making and distribution of this image. The patients choose if they want to pose in the formal setup I prepared in the front of the castle or somewhere else, they choose their body position, where to look and what outfit they wear.

