Orthodox peasant in BaščaršijaSIBA – A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s Mehmed A. AkšamijaeditorKristina IlićeditorNataša MiškovićeditorMiddle Eastern Studies, University of BaselCentre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Grazo:siba.4879Alija M. Akšamija private collection, SarajevoSarajevski ciklus 1938./39. - Slučajni prolaznici XIVa.A.M.A. P 18 39Mehmed A. AkšamijaPlace NamesOrientationLocationGeographySpecial GarmentsClothingReligious and Educational StructuresStructuresLabor and LeisureLaborEthnic StratificationSocial StratificationPhotograph1939Alija M.AkšamijaAkšamija, Alija M.Upper body shot of an older Orthodox man in Baščaršija. He is wearing a black cap made from dark lambskin, a tattered white shirt and over it a džamadan and jelek modestly adorned with gajtans. He poses in the lower left corner of the frame, smiling gently into the camera, and holding a bag unter his arm with a white cylindrical object and a sachet in his hands in front of him, as if to roll himself a cigarette. Behind him is a view of a bazaar street and the Baščaršija Mosque.The man is a peasant from the surroundings of Sarajevo. Analogue photographic process, negative-positive (Agfa Isopan 17 DIN). Original preserved as a positive on silver bromine paper, stored as a print and a digital record.Not specifiedNot specified300300Bosnia and HerzegovinaYugoslaviaSarajevoBaščaršijaAkšamija, Mehmed A. (2015): Alija M. Akšamija – Monografija arhivografije. Sarajevo: BANU. Vol. I, 52.
Place NamesOrientationLocationGeographySpecial GarmentsClothingReligious and Educational StructuresStructuresLabor and LeisureLaborEthnic StratificationSocial Stratification