Tomaszcz

A few weeks ago, I met Béla while he was moving his flock across the Hungarian countryside. After taking a few portraits, he asked if I could print them so he could take them home to his family in Romania.

He insisted to have them printed in color 😇

A few weeks later, I came back with the photographs.

Portrait photography of people in the countryside and especially shepherds is something that resonates strongly in me and having someone asking me for prints was such a good feeling, although a bit pressuring because I wanted the pictures to be really nice.

Yes this post isn't about building, or design but It encompasses a bit of all that matters for me and my photography projects: a culture that is fading away, people who are disappearing and, in many ways, living in a parallel world. There are also aesthetic elements quite unique to Hungary, which I’ll discuss in more detail in another post. It also touches on the country’s history, with its past, its wounds and its borders.

Hope you enjoy it, for me this is what makes me go out.

#ethnophotography #sheperd #hungary #countryside