Cosmin Bumbuț worked as a fashion and commercial photographer for 15 years. His work has been published in Elle, Tabu, and Esquire. In November 2013, Bumbuț and his partner, journalist Elena Stancu, set off in a camper van to explore and understand contemporary Romania. They initiated a multimedia project on domestic violence and a series of articles on life in Romanian prisons. He began photographing intimate rooms in 2008 while documenting the daily lives of prisoners in Aiud.