Field photograph·C01028

Turkish man freezing with snow in the background, Nicosia

Man in a striped turban and dark jacket standing on patchy snow beside a tall bare tree trunk, Nicosia — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01028. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A man stands facing the camera on patchy snow and bare mud, wearing a striped turban, a dark jacket, dark trousers and heavy boots. A tall pale tree trunk stands at the left, with a leafy tree behind it, while bare hills and a few distant trees lie across the flat background under a pale sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Turkish man freezing, with snow in the background. Nicosia.

Swedish, as on the record

Turkisk man som fryser med snö i bakgrunden. Nicosia.