In Entrance to Our Valley the author uses her view camera with flexibility and wit, giving us carefully studied landscapes, but also domestic scenes of extreme sweetness and spontaneity.
The result is not so much a narrative as an atmosphere, the images are not descriptive of the experience but evocative.
Fridlyan, in spite of this apparent lightness, clearly conveys the atmosphere of the valley in which her family and loved ones are building a new home.
