The author of the photograph is Leopold Wegrzynowicz. He was born in 1881 in Tuchów near Tarnów and settled in Dobra near Limanowa, where his father became a postmaster. In Dobra he began his school education, which continued in Pilsen (Polish: Pilzno) and ended with a matura exam passed in 1900 at the C.K. Junior High School in Nowy Sącz. Five years later, Węgrzynowicz graduated from the Jagiellonian University, where he studied mathematics and physics. The university environment also instilled in him a passion for the humanities and cultural studies. He pursued these interests for many years of teaching work, which he began – after a short period in Krakow and Lviv (Polish: Lwów) – in junior high schools in the east of the country, in Kuty, Borshchiv (Polish: Borszczów) and Stryj, and then in Nowy Targ. In addition to teaching physics, mathematics, chemistry and geography, he tried to arouse the students' interest in history, archaeology and folk culture through his lectures with "light paintings" but, above all, through the organisation of scout groups, with which he travelled around the country. During these trips, he photographed a lot and the illustrative material he acquired in this way was donated by him to the Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, in addition to the objects he collected relating to the culture of the Hucul Region, Podolia (Polish: Podole) or his beloved Beskids. The photograph of the cemetery was taken in Borshchiv (Polish: Borszczów) (in the former Tarnopolskie province) in 1913, at the time when Węgrzynowicz was a teacher at the local junior high school.
The photograph depicts a Jewish cemetery or part of it with clearly visible matzevot, the total number of which can be estimated at around. 30–40. The tombstones bear inscriptions in Hebrew and typical symbolism referring to the profession, function, or character of the deceased. The finials of the protruding matzevot from the ground have simple, triangular, or semi-circular forms. In the distance, there are plots with trees and thatched-roof cottages.
