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In former times traditional peasant garbs were common in many parts of Germany. Different kinds of dresses served as clothing for everyday use or for special occasions like marriage, Christian holidays or funerals.
In 2008 I have started my photography project about these old women in traditional peasant garbs. They have worn specific regional country dresses in everyday life, at home or in church. I’ve been traveling through different rural regions in Germany and Alsatia to take portraits of the old ladies and to interview them. In a few years, this kind of living will die out and only women in country folklore clubs will wear these traditional regional garbs like a costume, but not in everyday life.
Eric Schütt was born in 1967 in Carlsruhe, Germany. Between 1990 — 1999 he studied Philosophy, History and Art History in Karlsruhe and between 2004 — 2012 Photography at Ostkreuzschulein Berlin.