Studio portrait of three young women in urban clothes
Description
» next entryoverview« previous entry| Object: | Studio portrait of three young women in urban clothes |
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| Description: | Full length shot of a group of three seated women. One of them is sitting in front of a parapet while the other two are leaning on it. The latter are reading a sheet of paper, presumably a letter. All of them are wearing town dresses and flower-adorned hats. One is holding a fan. A painted canvas backdrop is creating the illusion of the scene being set in nature. |
| Comment: | Among the women school leavers is Rayna Baldzhieva Karastoyanova (1878 – ~ 1958). Rayna graduated from Sofia’s First Women’s High School and married in 1898 the photographer Dimitar Karastoyanov. She started to work as a retoucher in her husband’s photographic studio. However, she soon became a photographer herself. Although Rayna worked independently and continued the photographic business until approximately 1936 after Dimitar’s death in 1919, there are hardly any photographs signed by her personally. The family had four sons: Bogdan, Vladimir, Bozhidar and Lyuben. Bogdan (Boncho) and Bozhidar Karastayanov became the Karastoyanov family’s third generation of photographers. |
| Date: | 1896 |
| Location: | Sofia |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Type: | Photograph |
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| Creator: | Karastoyanov, Dimitar Anastasov, (Photographer) |
| Dimensions: | Artefact: 220mm x 160mm |
| Format: | Not specified |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Keywords: | 210 Records > 215 Photography 290 Clothing 550 Individuation and Mobility > 551 Personal Names 550 Individuation and Mobility > 554 Status, Role, and Prestige 590 Familiy 650 Government Activities > 658 Public Education 870 Education 880 Adolescene, Adulthood, and Old Age 890 Gender Roles and Issues |
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| Bibliography: | Boev, Petar (1973): Dimitar Karastoyanov 1856 - 1919. In: Balgarsko Foto, Vol. 7: 30 Boev, Petar (1983): Fotografskoto izkustvo v Balgaria /1856 - 1944/. Sofia: DI "Septemvri", 198. |
| Copyright: | Личен Архив Биляна Брайкова Карастоянова |
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| Archive: | Bilyana Braykova Karastoyanova, Inv. No.: BK_033 |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0] |
| Editor: | Anelia Kassabova |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.755 |
