Les Gitans de Perpignan
Les Gitans de Perpignan
Jeanne Taris
September 24, 2019
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Gender roles are imposed at a young age: fathers are proud when their under-age sons drink beer and smoke. There are few rules for the youngsters: they decide how long they can stay awake and whether or not to attend school. The heavily made-up faces, high heels and tight dresses worn by women for the festivities have a serious background too: there are no other times when they can meet a man alone. This is the time to catch a man’s attention. What appears exaggerated and excessive in our eyes, is actually essential for Roma women.
Read the full article Les Gitans de Perpignan in LFI 7/2019.
Jeanne Taris+-
A mother of four, Taris began photographing when she was seventeen but showed no one her pictures. She did not consider herself talented enough to study photography; but during a Leica workshop she met a photographer who encouraged her to show her work. This resulted in publi-cations in Polka and Vice, among others. In 2018 she won the Leica Gallery International Portfolio Award at the Voies Off festival in Arles. More
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