Publisher's Synopsis
"The book is a collection of rare black and white images of Roma families in California during the early 1990s. Since their exodus from India more than a thousand years ago, the Roma - an ethnic group formerly known as "Gypsies" - have migrated to all continents of the globe. A large wave of Roma came to the United States from Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. The country is home to roughly 50,000 Roma people today, many of them in California. Yet, they remain hidden to the majority of us. Roma: Life with California's Roma Families is a collection of rare black and white images of Romani Americans living in California during the early 1990s. Photojournalist Cristina Salvador Klenz documented the lives of these families over a period of years, capturing their celebrations, social relationships, struggles, and rituals-the latter of which have survived centuries of discrimination and persecution. The photographs include people f
