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Batrine, Sarbi, 1999 (color 2013)

This re-photographic project follows my 2011 book, The Color of Hay: The Peasants of Maramureș, which spans an eight-year period documenting farming culture and traditional peasant life in northern Romania. This area is home to some of Europe’s largest traditionally managed grasslands, which store the vitality of summer’s grass as food for the coming years. “Sezatoare,” (pronounced Sha-za-tua-re) is a time and place when women gather to work on weaving, embroidery, and other textile folk crafts while sharing stories. These images are one part of the “Sezatoare” project.