Title: The Color of Hay: The Peasants of Maramures, Transylvania
Photographer/s: Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin
Contributor/s: H. Woods McLaughlin – Text
Date of publication: December, 2010
Place of publication: South Pasadena, CA, USA
Dimensions: 9″ (H) x 11″ (W) Landscape
Edition size: 1,575
Type of binding: PLC + Matt Lamination, Casebound, section sewn in 16pp, separate glued endpapers, fully cased with PLC over
Number of pages: 204
Type of paper: 157 gsm Japanese White A Matte Artpaper
Number of pictures: 44 color and 94 duotone
Printer: Oceanic Graphic Printing
Publisher: Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin
Designer: Frances Baca
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-615-25337-4
Price: $39.95
Summary: Northern Transylvania is the last bastion of subsistence peasant villages in Europe. It is an area so remote that the Romans never conquered them. Yet just two decades after the fall of communism, modernity is finally overcoming their centuries old traditions.
In a single generation, the villages shown here have gone from illiterate poverty to cell phone towers. Kathleen’s photographs capture both the traditions and the change of the first decade of the 21st century. Using a medium format camera with traditional film negatives, she pursues the mission of a documentary photographer by preserving a piece of fading history.
Over 130 photos are displayed throughout 200 pages. Each image carries a caption, a location and a date. The book is organized into chapters on the seasons, the ceremonies, and the meaning of life. Throughout, there are essays, poems, proverbs, ghost stories and songs to add depth to the lives of these special villages.
Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 08/17/1968, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Website: www.klmphoto.com
Book link: www.colorofhay.com
Donated by: Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin
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