Samoila Mârza (1886-1967) was a Romanian photographer known for capturing the only photographs of the Great National Assembly in Alba Iulia on December 1st, 1918, which established the union of Transylvania with Romania. He was born in Galtiu, Alba to Romanian peasant parents and studied photography in Sibiu between 1909-1911. In late 1918, he photographed the sanctification of Romania's first tricolor flag in the presence of General Boeriu and Iuliu Maniu. In early 1919, Mârza published an album of photographs from the Assembly that was presented at the Versailles Peace Conference.

1. Samoilă Mârza
Samola Mârza (born September 18, 1886, Galtiu, Alba - December 19, 1967, Alba Iulia) was a
Romanian photographer, known especially for making the only photographic clichés that
surprised the Great National Assembly in Alba Iulia on 1 December 1918.
Mărzăa was born in a family of Romanian peasants from Galtiu, Sântimbru, Alba. His
mother, Ana, died young, leaving four children behind. The father, Stephen, later remarried
with a woman from the same village, Raveca, with whom she had six children.
Samoila Mârza followed the six primary classes at the Romanian
(Greek-Catholic) Greek-Catholic religious school in Galati, then
attended the high school in Alba Iulia. After graduation from high
school, between 1909 and 1911, he was sent by apprentice parents
to the Sibenian photographer Iainek, where he studied
photography.
At the end of the war, Samoila Merza was in Trieste, where she would
go to Vienna following the withdrawal of Romanian troops organized
by the Central Romanian National Council. Arrived on November 6,
1918, he managed to execute three photographic clichés that captured
the sanctification of the first tricolor flag of the Romanian National
Military Council (November 14, 1918), in the presence of General
Boeriu, Iuliu Maniu and the other soldiers.
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest , Romania
59 Mărăști Blvd , District 1 , 011464 , Bucharest , Romania
At the beginning of 1919 Samoila
Mirza published her photographs
in an album titled "The Great
Assembly of Alba Iulia in Faces",
also mentioned in the newspaper
"Alba Iulia" on March 10th. The
album was presented by the
Romanian delegation and the
Versailles Peace Conference.
Specimens were also sent to King
Ferdinand I, Prime Minister Ion C.
Bratianu, to the President of the
Conducting Council Iuliu Maniu,
to the French General Henri
Mathias Berthelot and other
personalities of the time.
Student:Toader Cristian, IMAPA-group 8115
Coordinating teacher : Mihai Daniel Frumușelu
REFERENCES:
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoil%C4%83_M%C3%A2rza