Romania
Landscape, Buildings, National Life in the 1930s
$74.78
- Paperback
394 pages
- Release Date
23 March 2027
Summary
This remarkable collection of over 300 pristine photographs from the 1930s rescues a vanished European world from obscurity. Kurt Hielscher’s masterwork stands as a crucial visual record of Romania’s traditional peasant life, breathtaking landscapes, and architectural heritage just moments before the devastating sweep of modern industry and global conflict.
A lost world captured through the lens of a traveler who refused to look away.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781592118304 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1592118305 |
| Author: | Octavian Goga, Ernest H. Latham, Jr, Kurt Hielscher, Ernest H. Latham |
| Publisher: | Histria LLC |
| Imprint: | Histria LLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 394 |
| Release Date: | 23 March 2027 |
| Weight: | 373g |
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Octavian Goga
Kurt Hielscher (1881-1948) was a German photographer and travel writer celebrated for his striking visual documentation of European landscapes, architecture, and cultural life in the early twentieth century. Trained in both engineering and the arts, he developed a distinctive approach that blended artistic composition with careful documentary observation. Hielscher traveled extensively across Europe, producing influential photographic albums that captured nations at pivotal moments in their history. His work on Romania, created during journeys in 1931 and 1932, remains one of the most detailed visual records of the country during the interwar period, preserving its landscapes, historic architecture, and traditional rural life with remarkable clarity and respect.
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