http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/24370 "Gypsies" 2006, Pskov Region This series of photographs is about the families of two gypsy women, Valja and Anja. Valja and her family lives in the house that belongs to her mother after her own house was destroyed by the fire. Both the houses are situated by the road. They are very shabby; there is no running water or electricity in them. Children don’t go to school, at the age of ten they start to help their parents in everything. If during the daytime they don’t earn money to buy food, in the evening they won’t be able to have dinner. To have the meal they normally buy potatoes, lard, herrings. The most simple and less expensive food that is available. The whole family manages to have meal spending about 3 US dollars. In the morning they usually drink tea and eat bread. In spite of the extreme poverty, evil and suspicious attitude of the population towards them and other troubles, they are friendly and hospitable. And, looking at them, it is difficult to say if their way and conditions of life are determined historically or they are the results of the deliberate choice. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/13613/demenkova_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002507/01_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002507'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002507 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:42:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002507 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002507/01_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002507'>view full-size image</a> Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002510/02_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002510'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002510 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:42:40 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002510 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002510/02_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002510'>view full-size image</a> Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002513/03_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002513'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002513 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:43:15 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002513 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002513/03_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002513'>view full-size image</a> Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002516/04_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002516'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002516 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:43:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002516 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002516/04_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002516'>view full-size image</a> Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002522/05_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002522'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002522 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:44:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002522 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002522/05_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002522'>view full-size image</a> Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002525/06_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002525'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002525 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:44:49 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002525 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002525/06_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002525'>view full-size image</a> Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002528/07_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002528'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002528 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:45:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002528 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002528/07_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002528'>view full-size image</a> Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002534/08_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002534'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002534 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:45:49 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002534 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002534/08_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002534'>view full-size image</a> Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002537/09_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002537'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002537 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:46:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002537 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002537/09_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002537'>view full-size image</a> Alexandra Demenkova <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1002540/10_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1002540'>view full-size image</a> 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