Roxana and Ion in their flat in Iasi, Romania. Roxana and Ion spent their childhood and teenage years in an orphanage.

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Roxana, 24 and Ion, 29 have been living together for 4 years. They spent their childhood and teenage years in an orphanage, in Popricani, a village near Iasi in Romania. Roxana was abandoned just after she was born at the hospital. She was a victim of the pro-natalist policies of the dictator Ceaucescu. Ion was sent to the orphanage of Popricani when he was 8. His parents already had 8 other children and couldn't look after all of them. Ion is now a carpenter and Roxana works as a baker.

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Size: 5200px × 3467px
Location: Iasi, Romania
Photo credit: © Elisabeth Blanchet / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: Yes

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