Pulitzer prize winning photog explores fate of Roma in Europe
Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Tamas Revesz spoke about the plight of the Roma at Salt Lake Community College on Feb. 10, 2012. His talk included a slide show of photos that he had taken in Hungary in the 1970s of the Roma, or Gypsies compared to the photos of the same people he had taken more recently. Violence has risen against the Gypsies in Europe. Revesz is working to stop racism against them.
“I was just trying to avoid stereotypes,” says Revesz. “My aim is rather to show their dignity.”
Revesz is looking to develop a book that will bring greater understanding into the life of the Roma and will feature photos and life stories of the Roma.
“Empathy is needed to stop the civil war against the Roma,” says Revesz.
Revesz decided to document the Gypsy way of life because it was so different from his own.
“The way they live on the edge of the villages reflected the way they lived on the edge of society,” he says.
Revesz is not the only one concerned with the plight of the Roma. George Soros has directed his Open Society Institute to address the problems of the Roma in Europe.
This story was originally published at examiner.com. Links have been updated Jan. 2017.
“I was just trying to avoid stereotypes,” says Revesz. “My aim is rather to show their dignity.”
Revesz is looking to develop a book that will bring greater understanding into the life of the Roma and will feature photos and life stories of the Roma.
“Empathy is needed to stop the civil war against the Roma,” says Revesz.
Revesz decided to document the Gypsy way of life because it was so different from his own.
“The way they live on the edge of the villages reflected the way they lived on the edge of society,” he says.
Revesz is not the only one concerned with the plight of the Roma. George Soros has directed his Open Society Institute to address the problems of the Roma in Europe.
This story was originally published at examiner.com. Links have been updated Jan. 2017.