Historically despised the new Gypsies are there by choice, not heritage. Unrelated to the Roma, the movement began in 1986 when a group of Post-Punk Anti-Thatcher protesters headed out of London into the English countryside. McKell followed these New Age Travellers to the West Country and over the years he watched them become a hybrid tribe - the new gypsies - present-day rural anarchists, living the subversive lifestyle in elaborately decorated horse-drawn caravans. Known as 'Horse-drawn', the new gypsies share a desire for sustainability, a love of self-reliance and a disdain for the trappings of contemporary life. For more than a decade McKell has focused his lens on travellers of all ages: parents, children, couples and loners. With sensitivity and honesty he captures a way of life that seems at once romantic, strange, beautiful and simple. The result is a deeply insightful portrayal of a culture that eschews the traditional creature comforts of urban life in favour of the simplicity and freedom of the natural world.
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Iain McKell has spent a decade photographing a modern breed of traveller - those who aren't born into the life but have chosen to live off-grid --The Times Magazine
an honest and sensitive series of images. The photographs are insightful, romantic and strange…this book acts as a definitive document of a rural people who have escaped the shackles of urban life --Amateur Photographer, May 2011
Full of gorgeous photography, this book offers an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of a real group of present-day nomads.. [McKell] captures a way of life that is at once romantic, strange and beautiful --Booktime Magazine
an honest and sensitive series of images. The photographs are insightful, romantic and strange…this book acts as a definitive document of a rural people who have escaped the shackles of urban life --Amateur Photographer, May 2011
Full of gorgeous photography, this book offers an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of a real group of present-day nomads.. [McKell] captures a way of life that is at once romantic, strange and beautiful --Booktime Magazine
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Iain McKell is an international photographer whose work has appeared in numerous major publications such as V, Sunday Times, i-D and Italian Vogue.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By CoolCrafting
Format:Hardcover
Is this the arty side of MBFGW? If it is, it seems there are some very photogenic 'New Gyspies' out there, although when I showed the book to a photographer, he grunted and said that everything looks good with a turquoise background. I loved leafing through the pictures, looking at the weatherbeaten faces. It all seemed a little contrived though to stumble across Kate Moss in the book, and that is why I didn't rate it more highly - didn't seem quite as raw.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By I. G. Wright
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm currently engaged in a project photographing the Romani community in Serbia so I'm interested in any other photographers work and approach in the same broad area - even though the context is actually radically different. In the main this is a collection of fine portraits of striking characters largely against plain backgrounds - some against blue canvas sheeting - in the broad style of Avedon's In the American West - but much more sympathetic in tone and style. There's actually relatively little of the context of the travellers' lives - little of the narrative I personally would have liked.The ones that are in the book are very powerful - so perhaps it's just been a matter of culling the numbers to fit in with publishing criteria. So personally I'm not at all sure about Val Williams' assessment in a concluding appreciative essay at the end of the book where she says that the photography 'combines all the sublimity of fashion photography with the enquiring edge of documentary'. Nevertheless this is a fine book and I can see why Iain McKell has been so enthralled with these remarkable characters.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
from a photographic point of view this is a great book.However with the iinclution of Kate Moss,it sort of throws the whole question of who these people into disaray are they themselfs actors or models in a fashion shot.I knew Ian when he was going out with wendy from trasvamp days.Hope this sort helps and please excuse my very very dyslexic spelling!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
ok. but no story to it. just pictures.
nothing to read in this. its a book of pictures. sure, they are nice pictures showing new age people trying to live gypsy type lives. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Alaine
5.0 out of 5 stars
the new gypsies
Very interesting and good book, lots of detailed photos and descriptions. Found this a very riveting read and would recommend it to other people, which I may say I have already... Read more
Published 20 months ago by mandy jayne
5.0 out of 5 stars
in many ways an inspiring book
Part fashion shoot, part travelogue, part glimpse into another way of life, this book should be an inspiration to photographers, writers, artists, designers, policy hamsters and... Read more
Published on 5 May 2011 by jackson day
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