Stoian Beza - la dârste (Research Nereju 1927)

Iosif Berman · 1927

Photo published in the volume “Nerej, a village from the ancient land of Vrancea,” author Dr. Paula Popoiu and Ion Cherciu, Ed.“Encyclopedic” Bucharest, 2007. Research Nerej; the one who immortalized all the important moments of this monographic campaign was the photographer Iosif Berman (1892-1941), journalist and official photographer of the Royal Court; he was present, almost, in all the monographic campaigns of the villages with the teams of Professor Dimitrie Gusti. In addition to making the snapshots taken from the life and activity of the village, he was also a very good portrait artist. Construction from wooden boards vertically arranged wooden mill wheels. The plant is called dârste - rudimentary nut operated by a flowing water, in which the thick fabrics are pounded: dimia, postava by the water’s wizard. Next to this installation is a man in the popular port of work - shirt, mice, opines - who has a chop on one of his shoulders. He stands in front of the word “vâlEl.”