The European Commission for Eastern Rumelia: An Unknown Photo Document in the Getty Research Institute’s Archives Cover Image
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Европейската комисия за Източна Румелия: Един непознат фотодокумент в архивите на The Getty Research Institute
The European Commission for Eastern Rumelia: An Unknown Photo Document in the Getty Research Institute’s Archives

Author(s): Krasimir Krumov
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Photography, Diplomatic history, Ethnohistory, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Modern Age, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, 19th Century
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: Eastern Rumelia; photo; archives; digitalization

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents an unknown photograph from the time immediately after the Liberation of Bulgaria. It depicts a collective portrait of the members of the European Commission for the organization of Eastern Roumelia. The photo document is created outside a studio in a natural environment and could be defined as one of the early examples of reportage photography on socio-political affairs that took place on the Bulgarian lands.

  • Issue Year: 27/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 127-133
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bulgarian