Group portrait of three women in urban clothesVisualizing Family, Gender Relations, and the Body. The Balkans approx. 1860-1950Anelia KassabovaeditorCentre for Southeast European History, University GrazCentre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Grazo:vase.483Национална Библиотека "Св. св. Кирил и Методий"St. Cyril and St. Methodius National LibraryC II 2852PhotographyRecordsClothingAdornmentGender Roles and IssuesSocial StratificationPersonal NamesIndividuation and MobilityStatus, Role, and PrestigeIndividuation and MobilityFriendshipsInterpersonal RelationsBulgariaSofiaSofia23.32415,42.69751PhotographCourt photographer1892-1895Ivan AnastasovKarastoyanovKarastoyanov, Ivan AnastasovA full length studio photograph of three young women in long urban dresses. The woman in the middle is sitting in an armchair; the woman on the right is seated next to her on the elbow-rest, holding her hand on the other woman's shoulder. On the left the third woman is standing, leaned on the backrest. A painted canvas backdrop is creating the illusion of the scene being set in a lounge.From the left to the right: probably Rayna Karastoyanova, Maria Teneva and Bogdana Ikonomova. Rayna Karastoyanova (1878 - unknown) was the wife of the photographer Bozhidar Dimitrov Karastoyanov. She became a photographer alike her husband. They worked together in a common studio, but there are almost no photographs personally signed by her.Not specifiedCabinet168109152106BulgariaSofia