This campaign is organised by one individual: Juul Hondius. In 1994 he came for a period of six months to the Czech Republic to work and study as a photographer. During this period he decided to undertake action against the widespread discrimination of Roma. This campaign is a reaction on the extreme situation of Roma in a society were they are not wanted, but do belong. The majority of Czech citizens prefers to ignore the Roma, some would even prefer the Roma dissapear. Juul Hondius decided to fight this ignorance by making Roma visible on the streets of Prague. He made a selection from the many portraits and added thought-provoking texts to them. These posterdesigns where blown up to very large seizes; from 1.5m.x 2m. up to 4 x 5 meter Now, more than two years later, the photograhps are finally covering the walls in the city of Prague. As a follow-up project of the campaign, the posters will be photographed again being they are taken down, in order to document any positive and/or negative responses to this media-campaign. In this way, the feed-back of the Prague population can be documented.
Foam International Photography Magazine
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