Ioana Lobontiu explores in writing and photography her return to Romania, her childhood memories and the overall theme “reality in relation to nostalgia”. Her UAA Honors class project with Prof. Don Rearden, from which this presentation is taken, consisted of 5 essays about her home in Romania accompanied by photographs. According to Ioana, “The ultimate intention of this project is to explore the concept of individual nostalgia vis à vis places that on their own seem to have no significance. In other words, I hope to capture many stories from what are probably, even now to me, completely foreign places”. The presentation slides for this event are also posted in iTunes.