Fotograful Marii Uniri

1. University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania.
Pîslaru Ionuț Ovidiu,IMAPA Group 8111
Pană Ștefania, IMAPA Group 8111
Crețu Florentina,IMAPA Group 8111
Samoilă Mârza was a Romanian photographer, especially known for being the only
one who captured moments from the Great National Assembly from Alba Iulia (1st
December 1918).Mârza was born in a Romanian peasant’s family from Galtiu.
In 1916, as Romania joined the First WW, he was sent to Italy, where he worked for
the Topographical and Photographic Department of the Army.
Samoilă Mârza arrived in Vienna in 6 th November 1918, succeeding three photographs
that showed the sanctification of the Central Romanian National Council's first tricolor
flag, in the presence of General Boeriu, Iuliu Maniu and other soldiers.Because of the
camera weight the cloudy weather, Samoilă Mârza had succeeded to capture only 5
moments from the Great National Assembly.
In 1919, Samoilă Mârza published his photos from The Great Assembly from Alba
Iulia, which were also mentioned in the newspaper “Alba Iulia” from 10th March.
Some of them were sent to King Ferdinand I, prime minister I. C. Brătianu, French
General Henri Mathias Berthelot and other personalities. Because of being into
consideration of all the people, the king gave him congrats, giving him a place among
the providers of the royal court. General Berthelot gave him a ticket pass for all the
railways from France.
In 1924, after an audience at prime minister I. C. Brătianu, he succeeded to obtain
enough money for painting the Orthodox Cathedral from Alba Iulia, which had been
abandoned after the crowning from 1922.
In 1929, after 10 years from the Great Union, Samoilă Mârza was decorated by the
officials. An incurable illness killed Mârza on 19th December 1967.
Samoilă Mârza