Field photograph·C02473·1929–30

Village view with Erik Sjöqvist on the balcony at Ayia Irini

Village view at Ayia Irini with Erik Sjöqvist standing on a balcony among flat-roofed stone houses — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02473. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Flat-roofed houses with plastered and stone walls stretch across the view, with low walls, a few small trees and a pale sky above. At right, a man in light clothing stands on a wooden balcony beside the doorway of a plastered building. In the foreground a stone wall supports a flat terrace, with rough, stony ground below.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: Flat-roofed stone houses of a village stretch back across the frame, with low walls and arched openings in the foreground and a few scattered trees on open ground beneath a pale sky. At the right, a man stands on a small balcony with a wooden railing beside the doorway of a stone house. Loose stones and rubble lie along the bottom edge of the view.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Village view, Erik Sjöqvist is seen on the balcony. House.

Swedish, as on the record

Bybild, Erik Sjöqvist syns på balkongen. Hus.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").