Sunita and her mother Iliria
Kosovo, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper
ed. of 12, 40 x 40 cm or 60 x 60 cm
Christine Turnauer
Gypsies series
Exhibition The Dignity of the Gypsies and an Hommage to my friend Gitanos
15 April – 9 June 2022
Fondation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Arles
Curated by KLV Art Projects
Partner: Forum Culturel Autrichien
Christine Turnauer is a photographer with passion. Her latest series of photographs details her search for Roma history. Her documentation begins in Gujarat and Rajasthan in north-western India, where the European Roma have their roots. There, she met camel dealers, basket weavers, acrobats, and musicians – representatives of the professions she consistently encountered as she traced the Roma through Hungary, Romania, Montenegro, and Kosovo. The results of her travels are photographs of stunning quality. Her portraits are captivating – not because they appear to beautify her sitters or erase the traces of hardship from their faces – but rather because of the discernible sensitivity with which she approaches them.
Her latest series on the Gypsies has been exhibited in Vienna at the Forum am Schillerplatz in 2017. The Dignity of the Gypsies was released by Hatje Cantz in 2017 and D.A.P. Publishing in the United States in January 2018.
Alexandina and her brother Adrian
Romania, 2014
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Todike and her mother Magdolina
Santa Georgia, Romania, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Vandana and Alexandra
Santa Georgia, Romania, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Cosima
Romania, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Manu
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Danciu and Maria
Romania, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Djevrija with her daughter Selma
Kosovo, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Claudiu
Cluj Napoca, Romania, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Sharada, basket-maker
India, 2015
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Gheorghe, basket-maker
Romania, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Esat and Besim
Montenegro, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Group of children
Lodha village, India, 2015
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Bhagwan bhai
Gujarat, India, 2015
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Snake charmer with cobra
India, 2015
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Sukh bai
Rajasthan, India, 2015
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Children at the Pushkar fair
India, 2015
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Lidea
Fakulteta district, Bulgaria, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Ramona dancing at the music school
Romania, 2016
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Abid
Jodhpur, India, 2015
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12
Imran
Jodhpur, India, 2015
Inkjet print on Hahnemuehle Baryte Satin paper, ed. of 12