Dobrogea – Faces and Places of a Bygone Time
Dobrogea has always fascinated tourists, explorers, writers and researchers alike. This is why curators from the ASTRA Museum (then known as the Museum of Folk Technology) repeatedly travelled from Sibiu to continental Dobrogea and the Danube Delta in search of the area's defining elements. They also wanted to complete the exhibition display in the Fishing and Milling sectors, which are located on the left side of the museum and feature heritage objects, monuments and installations.
A series of black-and-white photographs full of local colour were recently discovered in the museum's photo archive. These were found to have been taken during field research undertaken by Cornel Irimie, Constantin Popa, and Hedwig Ulrike Rușdea, among others, in 1972-1974. Setting aside the households and grinding systems that were the subject of other studies, we aim to showcase the faces of Dobrogea's inhabitants and highlight how they lived in times gone by.
Whether they were farmers, fishermen, millers or peasants, their expressive faces speak volumes.
A series of black-and-white photographs full of local colour were recently discovered in the museum's photo archive. These were found to have been taken during field research undertaken by Cornel Irimie, Constantin Popa, and Hedwig Ulrike Rușdea, among others, in 1972-1974. Setting aside the households and grinding systems that were the subject of other studies, we aim to showcase the faces of Dobrogea's inhabitants and highlight how they lived in times gone by.
Whether they were farmers, fishermen, millers or peasants, their expressive faces speak volumes.
Photo Gallery
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Photo Gallery
