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Photographer’s Note

This old Hutsul man is the church guardian from the village of Ilcii, Verchovynsky district, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine. He keeps the church key and gave me an opportunity to visit it during my last stay in Ukraine. As his speech was rather hard to understand, I couldn’t know his name. Untortunately.

The Hutsul is a highlanders ethnic group of Ukrainian origin. They live in the Carpathian valleys mainly in Zakarpatska and Ivano-Frankivska Oblast (Region) in south-western Ukraine close to the Romanian border. The group strictly preserves its folklore traditions and rituals which is clearly visible during ceremonies like weddings, funerals and religious holidays. Most of Hutsuls are sheep shepherds and spend a lot of their time working on vast pastures of Czarnohora mountain range.

PIERRE-HENRI-AU, Koopman has marked this note useful

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PIERRE-HENRI-AU (439) 2007-01-31 9:03

I like much your framing and contrast.
The features of the face arise well and are splendid.Your guard gives desire for listening to him !

I find your note very useful.

Thank you for sharing.

Pierre

J'aime beaucoup ton cadrage et le contraste.
Les traits du visage ressortent bien et sont magnifiques. Ton gardien donne envie de l'écouter !

Je trouve ta note très utile.

Merci pour le partage.

Pierre

Koopman (915) 2007-02-26 16:43

Hi Marcin,
Very interesting face. Good flash but a bit to frontal. Indirect flash can give more dimension, relief, I think but Iam not sure. When not possible perhaps you can try available light eventually with tripod or something like. Personally I like that photo's especially in B&W.
Nevertheless fantastic picture.
Regards Henk

DariaK (641) 2008-09-29 19:17

Excellent portrait, Marcin. He almost looks like Nestor the Chronicler from ancient Kievan-Rus. What calm in front of a lens.

Daria