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New Gypsies

By (author) Iain Mckell
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Prestel, Munich, Germany
Published: 22nd Jul 2014
Dimensions: w 217mm h 270mm d 3mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN-10: 3791349961
ISBN-13: 9783791349961
Barcode No: 9783791349961
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Synopsis
Unrelated to the Roma, the new gypsies began in 1986 when a group of Post-Punk Anti-Thatcher protesters headed out of London into the English countryside. McKell followed these New Age Travellers to the West Country and over the years he watched them become a hybrid tribe - the new gypsies - present-day rural anarchists, who live in elaborately decorated horse-drawn caravans. Known as "Horsedrawn," the new gypsies share a desire for sustainability, a love of self-reliance and a disdain for the trappings of contemporary life. For more than a decade McKell has focused his lens on travellers of all ages: parents, children, couples and loners. With sensitivity and honesty he captures a way of life that seems at once romantic, strange, beautiful and simple. The result is a deeply insightful portrayal of a culture that eschews the traditional creature comforts of urban life in favour of the simplicity and freedom of the natural world.

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"[McKell's] photographs make real and raw the often-romanticized lifestyle of these modern nomads." --Digital Photography Review