A concept for a documentary project.
I remember in my childhood that the people from my grandparents’ village warned the young ones against approaching the water well, fearing they might accidentally fall into them and drown. I was afraid to go near it, I was afraid of its depth; at times, I couldn’t discern anything below the surface of the well.
When I grew up and began to drew water I started looking closely into the well. I could see my reflection into the cold water. I could see the sky, the trees and the clouds above me, I could see the cement and rocks below me. I could hear drops from the bucket falling on my reflected face from the surface of water. I could see my grandparents watering the garden. I could see my parents, in hot summer afternoons, cooling apricots and pears in buckets of water.
FANTANILE OLTENIEI MMXVII – THE WATER WELLS OF OLTENIA MMXVII
Ana-Cristina Irian: documentation, text
Dorian Delureanu: photography
Cristian Bassa: photography, editor
OMNIA PHOTO Publishing house, Bucharest, 2024
ISBN 978-606-94598-8-1
40 signed and stamped copies.
Body: 138 pages, single sided digital print, size 21x16cm:
55 black&white/color photos, size 18x12cm, printed on 150gsm Claro Bulk paper.
2 map pages giclée print on clear film foil with white layer.
Outer-cover: color printed 300gsm DCM paper with laser cut shape.
Cover: 3mm laser engraved acrylic mirror.
Binding system: 3 metallic articulated connecting rings.
Printed and assembled at Azero.ro / Myposter.ro. Thank you Ciprian Furtuna (consultancy).
Special thanks to Roxana Delureanu.
