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India: on route to Agra or maybe it was somewhere else…2004 It’s rare to see buskers like these with their ‘pet’ animals. I’m guessing they are gypsy men as keeping ‘dancing’ bears used to be common among gypsies where ever … Continue reading
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Bhuj, Gujarat State, India 2005 I often go out early in the morning when I am traveling. I just wander. Sometimes I get lucky and meet people like this young Rabari girl. She was searching for something useful in the ubiquitous trash that … Continue reading
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Morocco 2003: Jemaa El Fnaa Marrakesh It was the heat of the afternoon. The square was as empty as it ever gets. A woman has rushed over to have her fortune told and she sits with a worried expression as … Continue reading
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Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 A common sight in the markets of Uzbekistan is the incense purveyor. It could be a man or a woman, young or old, but always a gypsy. It is they who know how to make potent incense, an incense … Continue reading
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Bucharest, Romania 2012 A Gabor Gypsy, wearing the typical Stetson-type hat of his clan, enjoys a spring day in Old Town. He was quite friendly and easy to photograph. He looks prosperous, doesn’t he? Here I’ve used the rule of thirds … Continue reading
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Romania 2012: A Gypsy village near Sibiu. All of the gypsy men of this village, and of many others that Daniel Gheorghita (www.felixromania.com) and I visited, wore this distinctive hat. I happened to find a book about gypsies in my … Continue reading
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Transylvania, somewhere near Kalnoky Estates 2012 Two horse-pulled wagons drew slowly up the hill. I spotted this man in his fedora and told Daniel to stop. It was the hat. Hats tell a lot about a person. And this man’s hat … Continue reading
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Gypsy mansions…somewhere near Cluj. These gypsies have ‘made it’ one way or the other and, by gosh, everyone is going to know about it. Look at those rooftops! Who made those? Who designed them? They look like a combination of an iconostasis and a … Continue reading
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He was trying to find work in the village: he and his sons who were sitting in the wagon bundled up against the cold. Look closely at his face. Who does he resemble? Czar Nicholas II, of Russia! Could he … Continue reading
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We spied these two girls on a country road, their bright print skirts swirling about them as they strode to the village. They were happy to pose for us and the younger one allowed me to place her ribbon bedecked braids over … Continue reading
