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My work documents the traditional customs and foods treasured by my family as part of our Bukovina heritage. The Bukovina, a region where many Ethnic Germans lived during the Austro-Hungarian empire, lies in Romania and part in the Ukraine. In my investigation of my family’s traditions I have become interested in what remains of the Bukovina’s culture in Romania and in the other countries to which it's inhabitants have emigrated.

Over the past four years I have photographed the foods and traditions in my family and in Romania, Germany and Kansas. I am using natural light and a shallow depth of field to portray a raw sense of time and place in my photographs. I am combining the photographs into narratives on black mat-board to illustrate the different aspects of the Bukovina culture. These narratives pay homage in their appearance to the family scrapbook.

Photography

• Strudel, Rebecca Lawson
• "Home", Rebecca Lawson
• Ushkitles, Rebecca Lawson
• Pyrogi, Rebecca Lawson
• grandpa's plaid, Rebecca Lawson
• Bread, Wine, and Salt, Rebecca Lawson
• uncle joe's closet, Rebecca Lawson
• german potatoe salad, Rebecca Lawson
• Cabbage Rolls, Rebecca Lawson
• Where do the scheinost's live?, Rebecca Lawson
• Pickles, Rebecca Lawson
• Sauerkraut, Rebecca Lawson
• Spatzle Maker, Rebecca Lawson