The Publics

Equipped with a Pentax 6×7 and a Hasselblad X-Pan, Joakim Eskildsen and Cia Rinne traveled through seven different countries alongside the Roma (Gypsies), Europe’s largest and most loathed ethnic minority. Throughout their thousand-year history, the Roma have been victims of oppression, forced assimiliation, enslavement and genocide, and still face a substantial amount of persecution throughout the EU today. Recently, Roma settlements throughout Italy have fallen victim to hate-fueled arson attacks and centuries-old communities in Istanbul are being destroyed through forced gentrification programs.