Top left: Braving the cold waters, a young couple bath in Lake Firiza, north of Baia Mare.

Bottom left: A broom rests in the doorway of a house in Gherla.

Top centre: Overgrowing ivy partialy obscures a painting of the crucifixion in the private garden of a house in Gherla.

Bottom centre: Under the evening shade of her walnut tree Mama Rosica fills a jar with dill pickles.

Top right: Light filters through the plastic sheeting wall of his hut as a shepherd makes a record of the morning’s milk production.

Bottom right: A thistle, which symbolizes the bitter tragedies of life in Transylvanian folk music, grows beside the railway lines near Gherla.