Photographer's Note
The women who paint Easter eggs have to do it on the Thursday before Easter.
Designs are made with an implement called a condei or chisita - a small cartridge filled with paint with a sharp point on the end. There are a myriad of motifs used on painted eggs. The most popular ones are the cross, the star, the sun, the wave, the zigzags, and stylised flowers as you can see here
Women are not supposed to do any work on the Friday. Sunday Easter morning the painted eggs are tapped together with the words "Hristos a Inviat - Adevarat a Inviat" - "Christ is Risen - He is Risen indeed."
This beautiful ritual precedes the Easter breakfast.
For fourty days people, especially in the countryside, greet each other with these words.
This old woman was saying to my son that she has learned how to do this work from her mother ...57 years ago!!!
Here I didn't use the flash,but the natural sunlight was so strong ....
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mesutilgim
(0) 2008-04-22 0:42
Hi dear Isabela,
What a nice macro shot ! Very well seen and composed.
Amazing effect and wonderfull notes. I like here hove you have composed the hands and the egg on the way to be another little gem very soon.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM
testmaniac
(13508) 2008-04-22 0:55
Hi Isabela, very good and interesting photo. Great photo quality!
TFS and regards,
Philip
japiey
(10163) 2008-04-22 1:05
Watching this shot, what did strike me first?
Is it the concept?
Is it the colours?
....
I felt this the way I would have composed..
The perfect example in image to express visually, how to do a concept ..
Great shot.
Early days, here we used to have a different version of this.. using the used egg shells, have them painted , and place them near the garden plants.. as a decoration.
Good share of tradition, well told.
All the best:)
azaf1
(15931) 2008-04-22 1:21 [Comment]
rajiv_077
(1412) 2008-04-22 3:19
Hi Isa
What a sharing, wonderful picture of real moment, I know this type of work is very hard and peoples still doing the same. We can see the wonderful artwork by the old women. excellent note as always.
Keep it good work.
cheers
raj
Buin
(42580) 2008-04-22 4:08
Hallo Isabela!
A wonderful photo indeed - and an interesting note as well. It's good to know that such artworks still are made in our hectic world...
Greetings from springlike Germany!
Frank
Floydian
(30970) 2008-04-22 8:22
Hello Isabela,
Nice touching work, with great tight framing which really shows what's it all about, but also the pose of the hands which is very good. The bright egg and hands against that black bakground is another thing i like to see, puts all attention on the hands...very nice.
Regards, Henk
AROBN54
(11475) 2008-04-22 8:23
Hi, Isabela,
what beautifully detailed work these ladies do. I like how closely you've cropped this and the light and color is wonderful. The detail is just superb. Excellent shot for 'learning about the world'. Many thanks, Isabela and hope you are well, a hug for you!
Shelly
dlevy23
(2018) 2008-04-22 8:26
Hi Isabela, another great photo of the easter eggs, I like the detail on the eggs but also on the hands of the painter.
Nice colors, Maybe the photo needs a little bit of sharpening.
Good job.
Daniel
ncosmin
(1191) 2008-04-22 8:29
O poza reusita, clara, luminoasa, care pune f bine in evidenta maiestria si rabdarea mesterului anonim.
Tfs and cheers,
Cosmin
melmcree
(18) 2008-04-22 9:29
Hi Isabela,
I'm not sure why but i really love close up shots of hands. They show so much. This is a fantastic image as well. You can tell she has worked so hard in her life and yet she has so much control over her hands to be so delicate with the brush. The light is perfect! Most pro's would have had a strobe light with a remote to get that kind of light but you used what God gave and made it spectacular. Bravo to you. One of the best photos I've seen on TE.
Mel
MarcT
(20964) 2008-04-22 12:35
Hi Isabela,
Great colors, beautiful precision work shown with great precision your picture also.
Well done
Marc
siamesa
(28231) 2008-04-22 14:17
Hi Isabela,
It's a marvelous and delicate work. I like to paint, but not in eggs. I think that is very difficult to do this. Very good idea. Very beautiful picture.
Regars
Maria
crckt
(7222) 2008-04-22 14:20
Hi Isabela,
Even though she is old, she has the accuracy to paint on an egg. That is fascinating. Wonderful art! Love to see the rest of this theme. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Shaeri
Cricri
(176) 2008-04-23 7:59
Hi Isabela,
Beaucoup de détails sur l'oeuf mais aussi sur les mains avec une belle lumiére sur ce travail de précision
Have a nice day for you
cricri
gokanlam
(6605) 2008-04-23 11:14
Hi Isabela,
i like the colors and the art itself in this macro shot! her old hands are still working and creating nice thing.. blue, green and red on the egg:) i like this combination of the colors.. Great sharing,
ReLa
doubay
(674) 2008-04-24 13:48
Fantastic detail shot which fits perfectly with this week. Your note is also very interesting. Thanks to you I know now how “Hristos anesti” and “alithos anesti” are called in Romanian.
Happy Easter feast and “Kali Anastasi”
Andreas
dareco
(17136) 2008-05-08 1:41
Very beautiful work. I hope this art will continue to pass on to the next generation, it would be a shame not to. I love these painted eggs!! A very interesting note as well!! TFS
blueaquan
(34) 2010-11-29 23:55
Dear Isabela
There is so much story to that painstaking work, for a Woman of her age, it amazes me to look at her steady hands.
A wonderful Photograph with a great story.
Take care
Blue
Photo Information
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Copyright: Isabela Andreia Sorescu (isabela_sor)
(47748)
- Genre: Pessoas
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2008-04-20
- Categories: Arte, Momento Decisivo
- Exposição: f/5.6, 1/80 segundos
- More Photo Info: view
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Tema(s): Easter Eggs, Une question de mains II [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2008-04-22 0:39
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