Plight of the Roma

By Corinne Perkins
September 17, 2010
photography | Roma | user-generated content

Georgiana, a poor Roma child, lives in a makeshift shelter on the outskirts of Constanta, Romania, September 2010. Your View/George Calin

With controversy swirling around France’s crackdown on Roma migrants, this photo submission depicting a Roma girl from George Calin is particularly timely. The underexposure of the image gives it an almost old-fashioned grainy feel that adds to the dreary mood.

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