Irena Blühová was one of the first photographers in Czeckoslovakia to utilise photography as a means of documentary study and social commentary. She focused on daily lives of workers, poverty and health issues of the countryside, but also created nice pastoral portraits. This photograph has a subtitle that reads: Life and work of shepherds, herdsmen and cowboys.
More information and other artworks by the artist:
http://www.webumenia.sk/dielo/SVK:SNG.UP-DK_1098