NOMADS | Wednesday, September 27, 2023
#NOMADS: 2/2 #Nomadic life is quite cyclical and seasonal, and dominated by routines of setting up camp, tearing down, getting to the next place and starting again.The men set off early to herd the animals to the next destination. #india #gujarat #nomadictribes #denotifiedtribes #nomadlife #nomad #lensculture
NOMADS | Wednesday, September 27, 2023
#NOMADS: 1/2 #Nomadic life is quite cyclical and seasonal, and dominated by routines of setting up camp, tearing down, getting to the next place and starting again. The women pack up and head to the highway for motorised conveyance. #india #gujarat #nomadictribes #denotifiedtribes #nomadlife #nomad #lensculture
TRIBES | Friday, April 2, 2021
#TRIBES: several days after bulldozers arrived - at 4am - and demolished their village in #Vijaypur, the villagers were planning a tribe to visit the Ajay Badoo, the district collector - a magistrate - to complain and asked if I would meet them there. I was just a photographer but the actions of the authorities were outrageous, and I understood the power an external observer could have. A 350km trip from their village. I spoke with their chief about their plans, “Only a few of us will be able to, the women cannot come, who will look after the children?” Two days later… every able-bodied woman in the village is at the office, carrying the children in their arms. #india #gujarat #demolition #tribes #nomads #womenandchildrenfirst #mehsana
THEUSUALSUSPECTS | Friday, April 2, 2021
#THEUSUALSUSPECTS: certain communities were codified as automatic criminals in law, meaning that they could be arrested without evidence or due process, harassed and subject to indignities on the whims of the authorities. Those statutes were overturned and removed - not very long ago - but it is harder to change attitudes and prejudices that have been reinforced for generations. #VSSM worked tirelessly to return these tribes their rights and it often began with voting cards, enshrining their rights to rations and work and legal standing. Appreciate your right to vote, politicians will respect you more if you can and do. #tribes #nomads #denotifiedtribes #gujarat #votercardpower #disenfranchised #india #vote #photojournalism
