Balkan Culture

01/08/2023

𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞 (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟕), 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐞

🔹These photographs are from the photo album "Greece: Images of an Enchanted Land (1954-1965)" which unveils a captivating collection of 116 iconic photographs, spanning four domains: History, People, the Seas, and Orthodoxy. McCabe's lens captured the essence of Greek life, presenting the daily routines of its people and the breathtaking landscapes that define the country's rich history.

ℹ️ McCabe Photos, https://www.mccabephotos.com/

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18/07/2023

𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢ț𝐚 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟎𝐬), 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫

🔹Adolph Chevallier, born in 1881 in the village of Broșteni was a Romanian photographer with a mixed heritage of Swiss-French and Romanian ancestry. Throughout his career, Chevallier held a special affinity for capturing the essence of his birthplace, the Bistrița valley, nestled in the Carpathian mountains. Despite being separated from his beloved homeland due to forced emigration, his extensive collection of photographs from the 1920s offers a glimpse into the vibrant everyday life of the local communities in Bistrița.



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11/07/2023

𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚 (𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟗), 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲

🔹Steve McCurry is an American photographer known for his powerful and evocative images. He has traveled extensively throughout his career, documenting various countries and cultures around the world, often focusing on themes of conflict, humanity, and cultural identity. In Yugoslavia, McCurry documented the daily lives of the citizens, capturing the essence of their struggles, resilience, and moments of beauty amid challenging circumstances.

ℹ️ Steve McCurry, https://www.stevemccurry.com/



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08/07/2023

𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐧𝐢𝐤 (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟑), 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐑𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐝

🔹Marc Riboud, a renowned French photographer, traveled to Yugoslavia in the 1950s. He was known for his extensive documentation of various countries and cultures, capturing the essence of everyday life through his lens. During his visit, Riboud captured a series of compelling photographs that showcased the post-World War II era in Yugoslavia. His images reflected the country's recovery and its transition under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito. He also captured the country's urban landscapes, rural scenes, and the daily lives of its people. His images often focused on the interplay between individuals and their surroundings, showcasing a blend of traditional and modern elements.

ℹ️ Marc Riboud, Google Arts and Culture



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04/07/2023

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚 (𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎𝐬), 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧

🔹 James Mason first came to Yugoslavia in 1972 as an American exchange student at the university in Zagreb, and he visited again in 1980 when he traveled around the country for three months. During his trip, he visited Belgrade, Sarajevo, Mostar, Hvar Island, Dubrovnik, Imotski, and many other places. He shot amazing photos that witness the spirit of the time. The incredible photographs he captured stand as a testament to the indomitable spirit of the time, preserving the essence of each location he explored.

ℹ️ PBase: James Mason, https://pbase.com/zidar/yugoslavia_1980&page=1



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01/07/2023

𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 (𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟒), 𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚

🔹In his photographs, Scianna documented the everyday life in communist Albania, then the poorest and the most isolated country in Europe. He visited Albania with a tourist visa, as the journalists and foreign photographers weren't welcome to enter the country. During his trip, the group with which he traveled was always controlled and followed by the agents. Nevertheless, Scianna managed to avoid the police a couple of times and document the people and life on the streets. His photos were published by Magnum and Italian newspapers in which article he wrote that Albania was a "large concentration camp". That sentence provoked many negative reactions but his words will turn up to be true as only 7 years later, with the fall of communism, happened the Albanian exodus to southern Italy which Scianna also documented. During that time, Scianna recalled his trip: "I remembered the feeling of 1984, I saw the same faces only much more tired from the journey. The square in the port became a large field where thousands of people gathered and finally, the Italians were able to see even more clearly the true face of communism."

ℹ️ Magnum Photos
ℹ️ eljantanini.blogspot



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25/05/2023

𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬: 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟖), 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫

🔹"Dalmatia has always been a debatable land or halfway house, where racially speaking, Europe and Asia meet. Certainly, the more one sees of Dalmatia, the more one feels himself to be, while not exactly out of Europe, yet somehow among the fringes of the Orient. I recalled that this "debatable land“ had once been disputed by Rome's eastern and western empires; that Islam's armies were here confronted by Christianity's outposts; that here had been the meeting ground of Latin and Slav; that today Dalmatia is still the borderland of the Catholic and the Greek Orthodox faiths.”

🔹“A ramble through the Italianate streets and squares puts one quiet in key to tell one’s waiter “Spaghetti ed un po’ di Chianti!”. Only the presence of Croatian peasants resplendent in embroidered jackets, red sashes and red pill-box caps — the men wearing baggy-seated knee pants, the women wearing brilliantly patterned, ruglike aprons, and all wearing toe-tilted, rawhide sandals — serve to remind us that, although on Italian-administered soil, we were in the land of the color-loving Slav.”

ℹ️ National Geographic, vol. 53, no. 1, January 192
📷 Hans Hildenbrand



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17/05/2023

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎), 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐎𝐰𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬

ℹ️ National Geographic



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01/05/2023

𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐢𝐜 (𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎), 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐧

☮️ In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a color photographic record of, and for, the world's peoples. As an idealist and an internationalist, Kahn believed that he could use the new Autochrome process, the world’s first user-friendly, true-color photographic system, to promote cross-cultural peace and understanding.

📷 Kahn sent photographers to more than 50 countries (including those in the Balkans), often at crucial junctures in their history when ancient cultures were on the brink of being changed forever by war and the march of 20th-century globalization. The photographers August León and Jean Brin were sent to the Balkan Wars in 1912-1913.

ℹ️ Autochromes from the Collection of the Albert Kahn Departmental Museum



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27/03/2023

𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 (𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟎), 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢

🔹 Giuseppe Massani was an Italian photographer. He became an ardent supporter of the rising fascist movement in Italy and made a name for himself with the first photo album on Mussolini and Italian fascism. In April 1939, Albania was invaded by Italian forces and soon thereafter absorbed as part of Mussolini’s new Roman Empire. It was just the right moment for Massani to present Italy’s new territory across the Adriatic to the Italian public. No doubt with Italian government backing, he traveled extensively in Albania in 1940 and produced some of the best black-and-white photos ever taken of the country. His pictures were published in the edition "Albania: testo e foto di Giuseppe Massani" with a final section of fascist propaganda called the "Union of Italy and Albania". The photos in this collection are all taken from this book.

ℹ️ Albanian Photography, http://www.albanianphotography.net/index.html
ℹ️ Albania: testo e foto di Giuseppe Massani (1940, Rome)



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26/03/2023

𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬: 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟖), 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫

🔹"Dalmatia has always been a debatable land or halfway house, where racially speaking, Europe and Asia meet. Certainly, the more one sees of Dalmatia, the more one feels himself to be, while not exactly out of Europe, yet somehow among the fringes of the Orient. I recalled that this "debatable land“ had once been disputed by Rome's eastern and western empires; that Islam's armies were here confronted by Christianity's outposts; that here had been the meeting ground of Latin and Slav; that today Dalmatia is still the borderland of the Catholic and the Greek Orthodox faiths.”

🔹“A ramble through the Italianate streets and squares puts one quiet in key to tell one’s waiter “Spaghetti ed un po’ di Chianti!”. Only the presence of Croatian peasants resplendent in embroidered jackets, red sashes and red pill-box caps — the men wearing baggy-seated knee pants, the women wearing brilliantly patterned, ruglike aprons, and all wearing toe-tilted, rawhide sandals — serve to remind us that, although on Italian-administered soil, we were in the land of the color-loving Slav.”

ℹ️ National Geographic, vol. 53, no. 1, January 192
📷 Hans Hildenbrand



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09/03/2023

𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 "𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞 (𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟑)", 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐤 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞



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08/03/2023

𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The Bulgarian Kukeri tradition is a fascinating and unique cultural celebration that has been passed down from generation to generation for centuries. It is a colorful and festive event that takes place during the winter months. Kukeri are an important part of Bulgarian culture and are celebrated in many regions of the country, each with its unique customs and practices.

⬇️ Read more in a new article ⬇️

𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚?

https://balkansculture.com/bulgarian-k***ri-a-colorful-celebration-of-folklore/?fbclid=IwAR1UxN30RKRQWn7S-F7KeIlEdxDQaY1nwFQtymeoDDOTu3k6drGYBgE2x9Y

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The Bulgarian Kukeri tradition is a fascinating and unique cultural celebration that has been passed down from generation to generation for centuries.

02/03/2023

𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐞 (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒)

🔹The Banat Bulgarians (or Bulgarians Paulicians), a small ethnic group, have traditionally inhabited the Banat region, which spans parts of Romania, Serbia, and Hungary. They are descendants of Bulgarians who migrated to the region in the 18th and 19th centuries and speak a unique dialect of the Bulgarian language that has been influenced by the surrounding cultures and languages.

🔹What sets the Banat Bulgarians apart from most other Bulgarians is their Roman Catholic confession. They trace their roots to groups of Paulicians, a medieval Christian movement from Armenia and Syria whose members arrived in the region of Thrace, then controlled by the Byzantine Empire, between the 8th and 10th centuries.

🔹In 1688 Paulicians organized the unsuccessful Chiprovtsi Uprising against Ottoman rule in Bulgaria. Following its suppression, around 300 families of the surviving Catholics fled north to the Danube, settling in what is now Romania, where they established their communities and received existing rights.

🔹Despite their small numbers, the Banat Bulgarians have engaged in literary activity and cultural preservation since settling in the Banat region, preserving their unique traditions to this day.



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28/02/2023

𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 Š𝐮𝐣𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐇 (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎), 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐫č𝐞𝐯𝐢ć

ℹ️ Hrvatska fotozbirka, Fotoklub Zagreb



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15/02/2023

𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐳𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐚

The tradition of tattooing has been an integral part of the Croatian population in Bosnia and Herzegovina for many years, and it holds great importance in terms of identity preservation. Despite its historical significance, the practice of tattooing is slowly disappearing. However, some new generations are making efforts to keep the tradition alive.

⬇️ In our first article, we explore the significance of the tradition of tattooing including its possible origins. Read it on our website. ⬇️

https://balkansculture.com/traditional-croatian-catholic-tattoos-a-look-into-the-history/

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈? 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆?



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05/02/2023

𝐁𝐨𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎𝐬) 𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐞

🔹Blanche Payne documented a transitional period in fashion history through her travel photographs, capturing the shift from regional folk costumes to Western styles in everyday wear between World War I and II. Her focus was on the regions of South Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, North Serbia, and Dalmatia, where she conducted extensive research by visiting museums, remote villages, markets, festivals, and observing and photographing peasant costumes. In addition, she drafted patterns from the clothing she encountered to further enhance her studies.

🔹Payne's photographs showcase the unique variations in costume that reflected both regional diversity and cultural significance. They provide a glimpse into the daily lives of people from the former Yugoslavia and surrounding countries, who are depicted wearing regional costume while engaged in activities such as farming, market visits, dancing, and more. Payne's dedication to capturing the diversity of regional costumes through her research and photographs makes her work an important contribution to the study of cultural history.

ℹ️ “Blanche Payne Regional Costume and Drawing Collection”, University of Washington



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31/01/2023

𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎𝐬)

🔹Opel car calendars photographed in Yugoslavia were a series of promotional calendars produced by the German car manufacturer, featuring their cars posed against the stunning landscapes of Yugoslavia. These calendars were part of a larger marketing campaign aimed at showcasing Opel cars in scenic settings, and Yugoslavia was one of the countries chosen for its diverse and picturesque landscapes, including rolling hills, pristine beaches, and historic cities. The photos showcased the cars in a variety of settings, from urban environments to rural landscapes, and the emphasis was on capturing the essence of the region and the driving experience.



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30/01/2023

𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞 (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒), 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐞

🔹These photographs are from the photo album "Greece: Images of an Enchanted Land (1954-1965)" which unveils a captivating collection of 116 iconic photographs, spanning four domains: History, People, the Seas, and Orthodoxy. McCabe's lens captured the essence of Greek life, presenting the daily routines of its people and the breathtaking landscapes that define the country's rich history.

ℹ️ McCabe Photos, https://www.mccabephotos.com/

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18/11/2022

𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎𝐬), 𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐞 Đ𝐨𝐫đ𝐞𝐯𝐢ć

🔹Branislav Đorđević was a piano teacher and photographer from Belgrade who immortalized Belgrade women's beauty, fashion, and elegance during the 60s and 70s. Every day he passed through Knez Mihailova Street and the city center and photographed women passing by on the street. They forever remained his great life theme and inspiration and became the heroines of his cult photo series "Passerbys".

ℹ️ Still in Belgrade, https://stillinbelgrade.com/belgrade-in-the-60s-and-70s/
ℹ️ Novosti.rs
ℹ️ Branislav Bane Đorđević, “Prolaznice”



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09/11/2022

𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 (𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟒), 𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚

🔹 In his photographs, Scianna documented the everyday life in communist Albania, then the poorest and the most isolated country in Europe. He visited Albania with a tourist visa, as the journalists and foreign photographers weren't welcome to enter the country. During his trip, the group with which he traveled was always controlled and followed by the agents. Nevertheless, Scianna managed to avoid the police a couple of times, and document the people and life on the streets. His photos were published by Magnum and Italian newspapers in which article he wrote that Albania was a "large concentration camp". That sentence provoked many negative reactions in Italy but his words will turn up to be true as only 7 years later, with the fall of communism, happened the Albanian exodus to southern Italy which Scianna also documented. During that time, Scianna recalled his trip: "I remembered the feeling of 1984, I saw the same faces only much more tired from the journey. The square in the port became a large field where thousands of people gathered and finally, the Italians were able to see even more clearly the true face of communism."

ℹ️Magnum Photos
ℹ️ eljantanini, http://eljantanini.blogspot.com/2014/04/ferdinando-scianna-dhe-shqiperia-ne.html



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08/11/2022

𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 (𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟐), 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐪𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐢

🔹 The authors of the book write that women lived for centuries in darkness enslaved and oppressed. Now, finally, in communist Albania, the time has come for them to show all their abilities, skills, and knowledge and to finally realize their dream of emancipation. Some of the excerpts from the book are:

🔹 “The history of the Albanian woman, her transformation into a progressive revolutionary force, constitutes a whole epoch of magnificent and stupendous efforts not only for the present but also for the future of our country. Never, not even during her gloomiest past, has the Albanian woman lacked the spirit of combativeness, of creativeness, her mental and physical abilities, her sentiment of heroism and self-denial.”

🔹 “We are happy and proud. / Albanian woman has become today one of / the symbols of new Albania, / always surrounded by flowers, / with her face eternally towards the sun, / with her banner always aloft, held fast in her / hand!”

*This is a propaganda album by the Albanian Communist Party.
*Our purpose is not to promote communism.

ℹ️ Photobook "Poem for the Albanian woman", Lazar Siliqi and Petrit Kumi



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06/11/2022

𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎-𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟎), 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐬

🔹 Nikolaos Tombazis was a professional photographer from Greece that began working mainly as an archaeological photographer. At the same time, he photographed the landscapes and rural dwellers of the Greek countryside, endowing future generations with valuable historical evidence about features of the land and people’s daily life. Besides that, of great interest, for both its artistic excellence and its documentary value, is his series of photographs of Mount Athos, which he visited in 1962. Tombazis systematically recorded the architecture of the monasteries, the art treasures, and the daily life of the monks in the Athos community.

ℹ️ Benaki Museum

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31/10/2022

𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧 (𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟔), 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫-𝐃𝐯𝐨řá𝐤

🔹Rudolf Bruner-Dvořák was one of the best Czech photographers. In 1906 he traveled to Bosnia where he shot amazing photos mostly of the Cazin area. Bruner-Dvořák is described as a "moment photographer" which is visible in his photos. He was fascinated by the distinctive atmosphere of the Balkans, the street scenes, of which the pijaca (local word for “market”) proved most appealing to him. The market in Cazin was known far and wide and it was an important social event held every Friday. Besides that, he paid great attention to documenting the religious life of the town, as well as the clothes that Muslims and Christians wore. His photos are dominated by Muslims in various situations as he was most likely fascinated by them because of their Otherness. Upon returning from Cazin, he published his photos in Český svět, presenting the unusual qualities of the land which he had just visited. Cazin was described to his Austro-Hungarian audience as an “uncorrupt little Turkey” which shows his stereotypical perception of the Balkans. Nevertheless, today photos are an important record of life in BiH at the beginning of the 20th century.

ℹ️ Pavel Scheufler Photoarchive, http://www.scheufler.cz/en-CZ/home.html
ℹ️ Lejla Hairlahović-Hušić, "The Photographs of Rudolf Bruner-Dvořák: Uncorrupted Little Turkey and Visitor Impressions from the Exhibition “Bosnia in 1905 as Depicted in the Photographs of Rudolf Bruner-Dvořák” (Translation)." Studia ethnologica Croatica 31, no. 1 (2019): 109-133. https://hrcak.srce.hr/231036

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29/10/2022

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐯 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎), 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐨

🔹The Julian Alps are the highest mountain group in Slovenia and, together with their highest peak Triglav, they represent the symbol of the Slovenian nation. Appropriate to their majesty, they were named after Gaius Julius Caesar who built the road there. Most of the Julian Alps are covered by the Triglav National Park, depicted in these photos. Lakes, rivers, valleys, and biological diversity are part of this breathtaking miracle of nature, which Slovenians take care of and are proud of.

ℹ️ Hrvatska fotozbirka, Fotoklub Zagreb, http://hrvatska-fotozbirka.com/

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22/10/2022

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟎𝐬), 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫

🔹 Hielscher explains how he made the "Romania 1933" photo album: “In 1931, I was invited by the Romanian Government to travel as a guest to Romania and to compile a photo book. On the eve of my trip, a well-known writer asked me in amazement: “Why waste your precious time with this work? What will you find special in Romania?". Many must have the same opinion. How little is known about this country… ”

🔹 "In addition to the satisfaction I felt working, I was also grieved that the entire Romanian people are threatened by a cruel enemy because the culture of this country blessed by the sun is approaching the heavy clouds of the West: the dust of civilization that stifles any life full of color. Some villages have been shrouded; the gray cloud increasingly covers the ancestral tools and the cheerful color of the costumes, drowning them in the faded monochrome of fashion everywhere. This is how people with an artistic sense gradually lose their ancient appearance. That is why I gave in these photos so much importance to the popular life to the detriment of the landscape. It seems to me that I could thus save through my book, for future times, what is slowly and continually doomed. May a favorable fate keep the people of these mountains, valleys, and plains for a long time, in their beauty and spontaneity. ”

🔹 This photo album shows the various rich folk costumes and ethnic diversity of Romania.

ℹ️ Photo album "Romania: Natura, Caldiri, Viata Populara" (1933) by Kurt Hielscher

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