Mircea Topoleanu
mircea.topoleanu@vice.comSouthern Romania Is Being Swallowed By Desert
Communism and climate change created a dustbowl. Now, locals are fighting to bring the water back.
Inside the Studios for Romania's Booming Sex Cam Industry
We visited two studios in Bucharest, the camming capital of the world.
Inside Romania's Booming Sexcam Business
When you throw poverty, an abundance of underemployed English-speaking women, and exceptionally high-speed internet together, you end with Europe's biggest sexcam industry.
Prisoners Describe What It's Like to Get a Tattoo Behind Bars
"If I could, I would cut all my tattoos out with a blade."
What It's Like to Grow Up in a Nature Reserve
Just outside of Bucharest, a failed communist project turned into sprawling wetlands. It's now home to all sorts of flora and fauna – and a few Roma families with young children.
Photos of Romanians Showing Off Their Tattoos by the Pool
In Bucharest, public pools are places of refuge for the working class.
Sînziana Velicescu Loves Cities So Much She'd Like to Escape Them
Her photos of California look at the juxtaposition between each city's citizens and structures.