I Photographed Transylvanian Elders Who Preserve Centuries-Old Traditions And Habits

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:37:04 +0300

English travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor wrote in 1934: "Transylvania had been a familiar name as long as I could remember. It was the very essence and symbol of remote, leafy, half-mythical strangeness; and, on the spot, it seemed remoter still and more fraught with charms." This quote represents landscapes and places in this region so well. But this visual story is not about landscape. It is about the human soul.

Fascinating Photographic Retrospective Of 1940s Rural America

Mon, 03 Mar 2014 13:20:00 +0400

These colorized photos from the early 1940′s shed a new light to life in rural America. It wasn’t until 1945 that the United States was able to establish itself as a world superpower – until then, the “land of opportunities” was a vastly different animal.These fascinating photographs by celebrated photographers Russell Lee, Jack Delano, Fennoo Jacobs, Arthur Rothstein & John Vachon (which have recently been colorized) provide an intimate look at the lives of everyday Americans during that era. It was their attitude and unwavering approach to work which laid the foundations for America’s future prosperity.

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I Photographed Transylvanian Elders Who Preserve Centuries-Old Traditions And Habits

Fascinating Photographic Retrospective Of 1940s Rural America