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Joakim Eskildsen
The Roma Journeys
Hungary India Greece Romania France Russia Finland
The Roma, Sinti, Calé and other ethnic groups collectively referred to as Gypsies form the largest minority in Europe.
Scattered across the globe they live in almost every part of the world, each group marked by a distinct language,
culture and situation. Throughout their history, the Roma have been subjected to persecution, expulsions across
Europe, slavery in Romania, prohibition on the use of the Romany language, and other creative attempts to misuse,
assimilate or extinguish their people. Many Roma still have to deal with discrimination on various levels, and in all
European countries, the general attitude towards them is at least suspicious.
Cia Rinne and Joakim Eskildsen travelled to meet Roma in seven different countries between 2000 and 2006, often
staying with families for long periods in order to learn about their life, their culture, and their situation. The Roma
Journeys is a very personal document of these encounters, giving a contemporary view of the lives of the Roma
people and their situation today.
Joakim Eskildsen was born in Copenhagen in 1971 where he trained with the Royal Court photographer Rigmor
Mydtskov. In 1994, he moved to Finland to learn the craft of photographic book-making with Pentti Sammallahti at the
University of Art and Design in Helsinki, graduating with an MA degree in photography in 1998. His publications
include Nordic Signs (1995), Bluetide (1997), ChickenMoon (1999), which was awarded Best Foreign Title of 2000
in the Photo-Eye Books & Prints Annual Awards, and the portfolio al-Madina (2002), which was made in collaboration
with Kristoffer Albrecht and Pentti Sammallahti.
Cia Rinne was born in Gothenburg in 1973, grew up in Germany, and holds an MA degree in philosophy from the
University of Helsinki. Apart from being the co-author of most of Eskildsen’s earlier books, she published zaroum, a
collection of concrete poetry and conceptual writings in 2001. She is currently working on a documentary novel
based on her time with the Roma.
Exhibitions: Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, January 17 to March 11, 2007; Kulturhuset, Stockholm, June 2 to
August 13, 2007; Nikolaj Art Hall, Copenhagen, November 23, 2007 to February 3, 2008.
Joakim Eskildsen
The Roma Journeys
Hungary India Greece Romania France Russia Finland
English and German
Foreword by Günter Grass
Text and music recordings by Cia Rinne
Music editing by Sebastian Eskildsen
Book design by Joakim Eskildsen and Gerhard Steidl
396 pages with 329 color plates
9.25 x 10.5 in. / 23.3 x 26.6 cm
Hardcover with a CD of field recordings and music recorded on the journeys
$ 75.00 / £ 40.00 / € 60.00
ISBN: 978-3-86521-371-6
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(9783865213716)
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