Samoilă Mârza

Samoilă Mârza
Mârza at around 1918
Born(1886-09-18)18 September 1886
Galtiu, Austria-Hungary
Died9 December 1967(1967-12-09) (aged 81)
Alba-Iulia, Socialist Republic of Romania
OccupationPhotographer
Known fortaking the only photographs of the Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia

Samoilă Mârza (Romanian pronunciation: [samoˈilə ˈmɨrza]; 18 September 1886 – 19 December 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 of Alba Iulia that proclaimed the Union of Transylvania with Romania on 1 December 1918. The day is celebrated as Romania's national holiday, and, with time, Mârza's images acquired political and documentary significance.

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