https://danielantal.eu/author/maria-vyatchina/Maria VyatchinaWowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-usSun, 01 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0100https://danielantal.eu/media/icon_hub9491570ac57158c0eeecc95c95b13e5_20247_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_3.pnghttps://danielantal.eu/author/maria-vyatchina/https://danielantal.eu/post/2026-03-01_first_udmurt_photograph/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0100https://danielantal.eu/post/2026-03-01_first_udmurt_photograph/<ul class="cta-group"> <li> <a href="https://finnougric.substack.com/p/when-the-heir-to-the-throne-met-the" class="btn btn-primary px-3 py-3">Read our Substack blogpost</a> </li> </ul> <blockquote> <p>One of these images — the photograph of the Votyaks (Вотяки: Russian exonym for Udmurts) — stands today as a foundational anchor of Udmurt photography. Like the companion images of Hill and Meadow Mari groups, it presents a small group posed as representative “types” of their people. The three female and two male figures stand in a group, dressed in carefully arranged garments that emphasise ethnic distinctiveness. The image was not intended as an intimate portrait, but as documentation: a visual taxonomy of empire. <a href="https://finnougric.substack.com/p/when-the-heir-to-the-throne-met-the" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Continue reading on Substack&hellip;</a></p> </blockquote>