Eternal travelers have to grow up early. Young gypsies have been making bright makeup since childhood, and boys try to smoke without even hiding from their parents. These amazing black-and-white images were taken by American photographer Jamie Johnson for his new book Growing Up in Nomads: The Inner World of Irish Gypsy Children. Watch the best footage from the life of little travelers further in our material.
Irish nomads grow up very early. In a unique photo book, you can find footage of very young gypsies with bright makeup and glamorous outfits holding designer handbags in their hands, and children pretending to smoke while playing with candy cigarettes. The photos from Jamie Johnson’s photo album were taken in Galway, Limerick, Gorka and Tipperary in Ireland.
Irish Gypsies belong to a nomadic, illiterate ethnic society that has been living in the fields for centuries. As a result of many years of pressure from the authorities, nomads are now settling in cities. Most build houses, but some continue to live in vans on the outskirts and in uninhabited places.
Since the Roma people left India about 1,500 years ago, they have been constantly discriminated against and severely persecuted. Italian photographer Marco Ponzianelli traveled through the Roma camps for two years and created a unique project that reveals the culture and worldview of this ancient people.
See also — Gypsies of the New Century
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