Appalachians/Carpathians: Researching, Documenting, and Preserving Highland Traditions

Added on by Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin.

I had the pleasure in participating at this conference in Brasov, Romania. The event was hosted by Transylvania University. My presentation "Sezatoare" was about my documentation of the Maramures region in northern Romania. 

"Camase," Sarbi, Maramures, 1999/2015Color image 2015, Black and White image 1999Each photograph is printed and hand-stitched by me with woolen thread. The thread is from an unraveled apron often seen on old women, called a zadii. 

"Camase," Sarbi, Maramures, 1999/2015
Color image 2015, Black and White image 1999
Each photograph is printed and hand-stitched by me with woolen thread. The thread is from an unraveled apron often seen on old women, called a zadii.