Ograda casei (Cercetare 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. The courtyard of a household: sherds composed of storeroom and animal shelter. In front of the branch, in the middle of the courtyard, there are three tied dogs: each has a neck caught by a chain, a thick wooden stick that he pulls after him. A man in popular harbor heads to the sherds. Supported by the wall of the branch is a round table with three legs, and in the background is a barrel.