JOAKIM ESKILDSEN: The Roma Journeys

Road to Mironu
Photograph (c) Joakim Eskildsen /All Rights Reserved

Venus and Mucusoara, Stefanesti
Photograph (c) Joakim Eskildsen /All Rights Reserved

Strada Eternitatii, Vlasca
Photograph (c) Joakim Eskildsen /All Rights Reserved

The Long Plaits, Tirnaveni
(c) Joakim Eskildsen /All Rights Reserved

Family in Szent Miklós, Haranglab
Photograph (c) Joakim Eskildsen /All Rights Reserved

Danish photographer, Joakim Eskildsen, traveled with writer, Cia Rinne, through the 7 Roma countries (Hungary, India, Greece, Romania, France, Russia, and Finland), photographing this project for seven years. Often staying with families for long periods in order to learn about their life, their culture, and their situation, The Roma Journeys is a very personal document of these encounters, giving a contemporary view of the lives of the Roma people and their situation today.

FotoSalon i Århus (Lecture), 27 February, 2010

The Roma Journeys/Le Romané Phirimàta