Romanian Roma (22 photos)

Commentary photographer Jeremy Sutton, Hibbert: "From 1990 to 2006, I photographed the camp Sintesti Roma in Romania, documenting the life, traditions, history and views of the Romanian gypsies.

My photos convey a period of dramatic change in the camp - its residents leave the dark past of the communist years and go back on the path to material wealth, access to which can give new possibilities.

The camp has gradually turned from a cluster of houses and traditional tents, horses and carts to the village, where the entire income (earning from the sale of scrap metal) is spent on the construction of buildings and purchase of fantastic cars of Porsche. However, the outlook of people has changed, women still do not provide education and opportunities to work, and a desire to express themselves and be "Europeanised" haunted ».