Video: What is hidden inside the camp, or How do Polish gypsies live?
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The stereotypes of gypsy life make many people think that these people live exclusively in huge mansions, in a chic setting with expensive household items, constantly celebrating various events with songs and dances. " Project Stigma"(The Stigma Project) by Polish photographer Adam Lach reveals another side of these people's lives that journalists, politicians and ordinary people alike choose to ignore.
Project Stigma tells the story of a 60-strong Roma camp living on the Polish border on the outskirts of the city of Wroclaw. Tabor is located in an area called dog fields. This is an unattractive place to live, part of which is occupied by the slums of the gypsies. All of them come from Romania, and in this place they settled about 20 years ago.
For 20 years away from other families, this community began to lead a completely atypical way of life for their people. There are no feasts here, there are rarely joyful gatherings or receptions of guests, no one sings, no one reads by hand or cards, no one steals or sells drugs. At least, this is how the photographer saw the life of the Roma, who regularly visited the camp during 2012-2013 and photographed what was happening.
“These are good people with a very atypical and unusual inner world,” Adam Lyakh tells about them. “They have suffered a lot of grievances from people who met on their way. the local authorities are unlikely to wait for protection or attempts to somehow solve their problems. For the authorities, the only way to solve the problem is to force the Roma to leave Wroclaw."
“The history of this gypsy camp is, first of all, a story about family, relationships and feelings, about people whom everyone hates, but in whose souls peace and happiness live. a craving for a modern way of life. This is a group of nomads who are constantly looking for a better world, who are affected by globalization, and who suffer from the same problems as any modern person."
How contrasting the life of gypsies can be can be seen in our a special selection of photographs.
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