Statar-länga i Trollesund Photo

Photographer’s Note

Statare; were married agricultural laborers in Sweden who received payment primarily in kind. The system existed mainly in the south of Sweden and reached its maximum extent in the late 19th century. Thereafter the system gradually declined until it was formally abolished in 1945.
These agricultural laborers were generally viewed as being on the lowest rungs of Swedish society. Their lives were described by prominent Swedish novelists and writers such as Ivar Lo-Johansson, Jan Fridegård and Moa Martinson.

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dareco (17024) 2009-05-28 15:43

I love the red and green! Very pretty. Nice lighting, pov and detail. TFS

fanni (8711) 2009-06-02 15:09

Hej Anders,
"RGB" in its best creative traditions :)
I like this scene (like so many other "typical" Swedish scenes), but what impressed me most of all here is the old pine-tree on the left!
Concerning the composition, I have some doubts... but they are just mind and they are just doubts :)
Does it only seem to me so (optical illusion?..) or is there a very slight tilt of the image to the left?....
Warm wishes,
Elena