
The New Gypsies (Paperback)
Iain McKell (author)
£22.50
Paperback
128 Pages /
Published: 22/07/2014
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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.
Publisher: Prestel
ISBN: 9783791349961
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 726 g
Dimensions: 270 x 220 x 13 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"[McKell's] photographs make real and raw the often-romanticized lifestyle of these modern nomads." --Digital Photography Review
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