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Field photograph·C05980

Einar Gjerstad, Gudrun Atterman and Vivi Gjerstad on a rocky beach in Kyrenia

Three women posing one above another between rock walls on a rocky beach in Kyrenia
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05980. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Three women in dark swimsuits pose on a rocky beach, framed by tall rock walls. The seated woman in front wears a pearl necklace and sits on a flat rock ledge, while the two women behind stand one above the other with their hands on the heads of those in front. Small containers and a jug sit on the ledge, and shallow water and rocks fill the foreground.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Three women in swimsuits posing on a rock ledge between tall rock walls on a beach, one with hands on the others' heads
Description, scan 2
Three women in dark swimsuits pose in a narrow gap between two tall rock faces on a sandy, rocky beach. A seated woman in front wears a pearl necklace, with a second woman standing behind her and a third at the top, wearing a dark hat. Small jars, tins and a bottle sit on the rock ledge beside them, and water lies in pools on the sand.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Einar Gjerstad, Gudrun Atterman and Vivi Gjerstad are photographed on a rocky beach in Kyrenia.

Swedish, as on the record

Einar Gjerstad, Gudrun Atterman och Vivi Gjerstad är fotograferade på en stenig strand i Kerynia.

Swedish, as on the record

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)