Would you reveal your biggest regret in the name of art ? A young Romanian photographer took to the streets of the UK and Romania to find strangers brave enough to confess their deepest , darkest secrets on camera . Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi , 22 , from London , captured people of all ages in various locations in a bid to explore ideas of human interaction and communication . A new photo project shows people holding their regrets on handwritten signs . This woman 's deepest regret was when she stole her sister 's money . The girl on the left wrote : ' I regret that I forgot to take my baby doll with me today ' and the boy ( right ) wrote ' I regret I do not have more time to play ' Standing straight clutching holding their signs , the unnamed subjects stare straight into the University of Portsmouth graduate 's lens , allowing viewers to judge them and draw their own conclusions . While some declared they had no regrets , others were much more forthcoming in their vulnerable state . Alcohol addiction , theft and smoking weed were among the most explosive revelations from those keen to unburden themselves . A young man with a smiling toddler in a pram confessed his drinking problem while a teenage wears the ghost of a smile as she admits stealing her sister 's money . A couple now living in a British seaside town said : 'Our biggest regret is that we did n't move here many years ago . WE LOVE IT HERE ' These young men regret supporting Middlesbrough and smoking cannabis . A remorseful woman regretted not being able to help her child more and another wished she had different parents . There were positive messages too though , with one elderly couple expressing joy at where they live , while a little girl simply wished she had brought her doll out with her . Alecsandra said of the project : 'This question has given to me the chance to have a profound connection between me and the interlocutor , thus managing to get into their soul and bring out a grinding they have for years . ' The girl on the left wrote 'Not having the confidence to be the best I can ' and the girl hiding behind her sign wrote 'What I did last night ' This man regrets : 'Not saying `` I love you ! '' enough ' But while many people Alecsandra asked were happy to open up about their experiences , others flatly refused . She said : 'It is true that many of the surveyed people had some abstention regarding their answers , and some of them said that it is too personal , but I had the chance to meet kind people to whom I could talk . ' The project was inspired by the work of Gillian Wearing , OBE , an English conceptual artist who was part of the Young British Artists ' movement in the 1990s . Wearing uses photography and video to document the confessions of ordinary people and won the Turner Prize in 1997 for her '60 Minutes Silence ' and 'Sacha And Mum ' videos . This woman revealed that she regretted : 'That I did not have the right parents ' The man with the pram on the left confessed 'Developing an addiction to alcohol ' and the man on the right wrote 'Not becoming a footballer ' Alecsandra believes that her project had the power to help the people she met , by helping them to offload their burdens . She said : ' I think that frequently when you share your thought with somebody , even if it is strange person , you release the black stain which is on the soul and you can feel free . ' I do not trust in people who say that they do not have regrets . 'In my opinion , there is a difference between not having regrets and not thinking about them . 'Not thinking about regrets is better , because what you have done is in the past . ' Submit your own regrets into the project here , or view the entire photo series on Alecsandra's website . This woman said : ' I regret I could not help my child more ' This woman regrets not having enough courage . Although this man taking part in the photography project said he had no regrets . Video courtesy of Howcast .
Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi , 22 , is a Romanian photographer . Her new project shows people holding their regrets on handwritten signs . It is in finals of the National Geographic Traveler photography competition .