Urban Gypsies

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The Westway is, for most of us, a mundane slab of tarmac, a facilitator to get to a destination (it connects London to south England's motorways) - but for a group of travellers it's the roof of their home. Paul Wenham-Clarke spent many months gaining the trust of the community's leaders for unrivalled access to this otherwise closed world. His resulting portraits, accompanied by quotes, are intimate, arresting and at times comic. They reveal a strong and unique identity of a people fighting against the sweeping currents of London and modern life.

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