Frederik Rüegger, I Am a Stranger in This Country

For two years now, the German photographer (b.1993) has been accompanying the English and Irish Traveller communities, for whom it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain their traditional way of life. Exclusion and discrimination, exacerbated by Brexit and rising nationalism, and intensified by misinformation and hatred on social media, threaten their freedom. The photographs were taken at horse fairs, the only remaining places where Travellers can openly celebrate their culture.

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