Samoilă Mârza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samoilă Mârza

Romanian photographer

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1886

Place of Birth: Galtiu, Alba, Romania

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1967

Profession: photographer, war photographer

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Samoila Mârza (Romanian pronunciation: [samo'il? 'm?rza]; September 18, 1886 – December 19, 1967) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian photographer.
A native of Transylvania region and a veteran of World War I, he is best known for taking the only photographs of the Great National Assembly at Alba Iulia that proclaimed the Union of Transylvania with Romania on December 1, 1918.
The day is celebrated as Romania's national holiday, and, with time, Mârza's images acquired political and documentary significance.