Olga Surkova

The worker stays firmly braced in his existing position on the steep roof and slowly pulls the two existing copper cables toward himself,...

The foreground rope maker steadily turns the large wooden wheel already in front of him, completing roughly half a slow rotation. As the ...

The two sailmakers slowly pull the heavy canvas toward each other to align the existing seam, sliding the sail only a short distance acro...

Both sailmakers continue working on the exact existing seam. The older worker slowly pulls the heavy thread through the canvas, then the ...

The ship caulker keeps the existing caulking iron firmly against the seam between the wooden hull planks and delivers two slow deliberate...

The lighthouse keeper slowly wipes the existing large glass lens with the cloth already in his hand, moving his arm across a small sectio...

From his existing bent position, the mudlark slowly searches through the wet debris with one hand, moves aside a piece of rope and lifts ...

The rat catcher slowly adjusts the existing wooden cage trap with both hands, carefully lifting the small door and setting the simple tri...

The water carrier takes two slow heavy steps forward from his existing bent posture, carefully balancing the copper water vessels on the ...

The bearded writer lowers his gaze to the page and carefully writes several more words with the feather pen. The woman across the desk sl...

The writer continues writing slowly across the existing sheet with his dip pen, his wrist and fingers making small precise movements. The...

The shepherd adjusts his hands gently around the sheep’s chest and wool, supporting its weight while the sheep settles against him. The s...

The sheep in the foreground continue walking through the open gates into the village lane, their wool brushing lightly as they pass close...

The shepherd steps away from the gate opening and raises one hand to release the flock. The first row of sheep starts through the wide wo...

The woman reaches into the bucket, takes a small handful of grain and scatters it along the wooden trough. The lambs immediately move tow...

The shepherd lifts a thick section of fleece with one hand and parts the wool with the other, examining the fibers underneath. He rubs on...

The front sheep move past the camera position while the dense flock behind continues flowing down the cobblestone street. Several sheep t...

The sheepdog looks toward the flock, turns its head sharply to the side and takes several purposeful steps across the path to block the n...

The woman tips the metal bucket and pours a visible stream of grain into the wooden trough, moving the bucket along the edge to spread th...

The shepherd lifts the brass bell and leather strap in front of him, turns the bell in his hands to inspect the fastening, then lowers it...

The shepherd threads the leather strap through the buckle beneath the sheep’s neck, pulls it snug and secures it with both hands. The bra...

The large flock advances along the cobblestone street toward the foreground, sheep weaving naturally around one another without colliding...

The elderly woman tilts the wooden bowl toward the lambs and scatters a small amount of feed in front of them. Several lambs step closer,...

Smoke rises from several crooked chimneys and drifts across the valley air. A faint warm glow appears in one or two small cottage windows...

The elderly man pushes the log fully into the open stove with both hands and releases it onto the burning wood. The flames flare brighter...

The flock moves steadily across the hillside, several sheep in the foreground crossing around the rocks while others graze and lift their...

The weathered hands part the thick fleece wider, lifting one dense curl and rubbing the wool gently between the fingers to inspect its te...

The elderly shearer opens and closes the hand shears through one thick section of fleece, making one clear cutting pass along the sheep’s...

The worker spreads the lifted fleece wider across the table, pulling the long wool fibers apart with both hands to expose burrs and dry g...

The hands raise the long edge of the freshly shorn fleece higher from the wooden table and shake it once to loosen trapped straw and smal...