2011 - Humanity Documentary Photo Award CFA& UNESCO, CHINA
2011 - Research grant from Administration of National Cultural Fund (AFCN), Romania
2011 - Research grant from Romania Cultural Institute (ICR) in Paris
2011 - Research grant from World Press Photo and Robert Bosch in Paris
2010 - Masterclass and research grant from World Press Photo and Robert Bosch
2010 - Travel project Around the Black Sea granted by US Marshall Fund
2007 - Award of Excellence for Sport feature, POY, Missouri, USA
2005 - Picture of the year award, Romanian National Press Contest (CRP)
2004 - Special Prize of the Jury, Romanian Association of Professional Photographers (AFPR)
2003 - Photographer of the Year (AFPR)
2002 - Best daily life picture (AFPR)
2001 - Special prize of the Jury (AFPR)

Solo exhibitions:

2012 Pride and Concrete, Premarts Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2011 Pride and Concrete, National Museum of Peasant, Bucharest, Romania
2011 Around the Black Sea, Chamber of Architects, Istanbul, Turkey