Ghosts from the land that time forgot

 

 

The collection disappeared from public view after Acsinte’s death in 1984, until Cezar Popescu, 38, discovered it was sitting in a back room of Lalomita County Museum – exposed to the elements and even the occasional curious farm animal – and convinced the museum to let him preserve and digitise the plates.

Popescu began the enormous task in November last year, and since then has digitised 1,000 plates, with an estimated 4,000 to go.

The black-and-white photographs are beautiful but poignant, depicting a culture that has almost vanished in the wake of modernity.

 

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thanks! this gives me an excuse to post this again (not that I needed one)

It's funny, usually it's just the Japanese that get the crazy credit.