Lady with a parasol in MihrivodeSIBA – 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.4869Alija M. Akšamija private collection, SarajevoSarajevski ciklus 1938./39. - Slučajna prolaznica u mahali IA.M.A. P 15 39Mehmed A. AkšamijaPlace NamesOrientationLocationGeographySpecial GarmentsClothingOrnamentAdornmentGender StatusSocial StratificationGeneral Character of ReligionReligious BeliefsPhotograph1939Alija M.AkšamijaAkšamija, Alija M.A veiled lady with a parasol in the steep mahalla of Mihrivode. She wears a plaid zar with gloves and dušeme. Her face is covered with a light, semi-transparent scarf with a flower pattern, which is also drawn over part of her fes. She is standing in the lower left corner of the picture, posing for the camera. The photographer's gaze leads up the lane, not capturing the lady’s lower body in the frame.The lady is wearing men's gloves and has very large hands. She is probably a man. The blown up image reveals a moustache under the veil. 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 specified180180Bosnia and HerzegovinaYugoslaviaSarajevoMihrivodeAkšamija, Mehmed A. (2015): Alija M. Akšamija – Monografija arhivografije. Sarajevo: BANU. Vol. I, 46.
Place NamesOrientationLocationGeographySpecial GarmentsClothingOrnamentAdornmentGender StatusSocial StratificationGeneral Character of ReligionReligious Beliefs