Irish Travellers in the UK

Irish Travellers in the UK

Irish Travellers are an itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great

It's incredible what people hang on to in their lock ups, garages and storage units : Christmas kitsch decorations, books, old computers and wires, teddy bears... In huge cities like London, storage units companies are blossoming. People are more and more mobile and live in smaller spaces. But they still want to keep their st
It's incredible what people...
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Irish Travellers in the UK

Irish Travellers are an itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great

It's incredible what people hang on to in their lock ups, garages and storage units : Christmas kitsch decorations, books, old computers and wires, teddy bears... In huge cities like London, storage units companies are blossoming. People are more and more mobile and live in smaller spaces. But they still want to keep their st
It's incredible what people hang on to in their lock ups, garages and storage units : Christmas kitsch decorations, books, old computers and wires, teddy bears... In huge cities like London, storage units companies are blossoming. People are more and more mobile and live in smaller spaces. But they still want to keep their stuff.in and the United States. It is estimated that 25,000 Travellers live in Ireland, between 200,000 and 300,000 in Great Britain and 7,000 in the United States.
They refer to themselves as "Pavees". In Irish, Travellers are called an Lucht siúil (literally "the people of walking"). Many non-Pavee people (or "Buffers", sometimes "Rooters" still use the terms Knackers, Gypsies, Pikeys, Diddies or Tinkers.
In Britain, Irish Travellers are recognised as an ethnic group. But they suffer a lot from discrimination and have to fight against regular evictions attempts.
I have spent the last 5 years documenting life on different sites in the UK, mainly in London. This work is the result of the time I have spent with Travellers where they live.
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