Revolt to break camp in January 2007.

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Castres France 2007 (81)

In 2005 I met the gypsy community of Castres. Going to see them, I thought to find the folklore of Django's guitar, because there are kids out there Reinhardt!

A few miles from my home, I went for the first time in this camp. The meetings that I have made have made me aware of the living conditions of Travellers in France. No health, problems of garbage, rats, an alarming state of health ... in general indifference. The cliché of Gypsy folk had to be crushed by reality. No, gypsies do not play all the music!

Their living conditions were no longer acceptable, the Besson Law was passed and no land was built to standards. After a day of wrath and burned a few tires, the City Council has manifested itself. A year later, a reception area was born, hygiene was again finally correct but many problems remain.

By working with the Social Coordinator Myriam Hernandez and Kader Doulat I discovered social workers. It takes courage to implement innovative actions, and face many obstacles.

A trip of fervor and dust

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Andalucia 2005

Invited by chance to make the pilgrimage with the brotherhood of "Cabezas de San Juan", I experienced a moment of nomadism and see that every year for ten days, gypsies and non-gypsies of Spain found themselves around the same fire.

At Pentecost, the Virgin del Rocio also called "paloma blanca the" gathers around her hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in the village del Rocio in the province of Huelva.

This is on foot, horseback and 4 × 4 that accompany the pilgrims "Sinpecado" of their village, a kind of flag representing the Virgin and transported by mules.

This movement brings together gypsies and payos (non-gypsies) in a return to nomadism. Today in trailers pulled by tractors, when the convoy stops, and we rest in the evening around the fire dancing Sevillanas.

Reached El Rocio, this takes on a religious pilgrimage and fetish orgies when the virgin is exposed to view.

This feature is written in the form of exposure

Songs in gypsy jazz

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Nevoy, Loiret (45), 2005

It was in May 2006 that I go to meet the Pentecostal movement Gypsy Light and Life.
The French religious association (1905 law) founded in 1952 by the Rev. Clement The Cossec, a non-Gypsy ("Gadjo"), is part of the Protestant Federation of France since 1975.
This is Nevoy (45) I attended the annual gathering. More than 3000 caravans, about 30,000 people came to pray, be baptized and to receive training as a pastor.

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This exhibition can sensitize the public to the rights of the child, and why they were created. Composed of 22 large prints, it is available for a period of one week to one month.
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This exhibition is very successful public share body heat it transmits.
Composed of 22 Black and White prints large format, it can discover a part of the Armenian youth.
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The exhibition Roma and Travellers is designed for educational purposes for more information about social actions conducted in the eastern countries.

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Spain and its culture interest you? This exhibition consists of original quality photos will show you a unique event: Del Rocio pilgrimage.
This exhibition of sixteen large framed prints is available for a period of one week to one month.

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Invited by the General Council of the Tarn, poets, illustrators, painters, writers, photographers have imagined half "hidden" works from the collections of museums in the Tarn. Presented during the International Women's Day, this new exhibit original and offbeat resulted in a catalog.