Thursday, September 8, 2011

Iain McKell - The New Gypsies with Kate Moss


When I was a wee one my grandmom always made a point to let me know that "the gypsies" were in town and that I had to be careful and lock the doors. This confused me to no end because "gypsies" made me think of Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A little while back when perusing Netflix, I got into the series The Riches which intrigued me about the modern-day "traveler" lifestyle. Traditionally, the concept of thievery goes hand-in-hand with "gypsies". Whether that is fact or fiction, I do not know, but to look beyond that, the idea of the modern-day "gypsy" lifestyle is fascinating. Seeing that photographer Iain McKell published a book called The New Gypsies documenting the lives of a particular community of English nomads immediately grabbed my attention. Interestingly, several photos feature Kate Moss...

















photos from iainmckell.com

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2 comments:

Jamie @ charmingly ordinary said...

The lifestyle IS incredibly fascinating. Our guide in Spain told us she lived with a band of gypsies (in a cave!) for a year after the Madrid bombing (she narrowly escaped). Wish we could've chatted more about that...

September 8, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Val said...

brilliant work

December 6, 2011 at 9:41 PM

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