Kira Bunse

“Flashing Lane documents the stretch of road in Appleby where every year, Irish travellers race and show their horses during the Horse Fair. This historical event, that takes place in June since 1685, is one of Europe’s biggest and crucial gathering points for the Romani and Traveller communities from all over Europe, the UK. For the photographers Kira Bunse and Eleonora Gustapane, the series becomes a terrain of identity-based anthropological exploration, a way to investigate the culture, the coming of age and the value system within a traditionally nomadic society. Focusing on their individual dress code, distinctive hairstyles and peculiar physiognomy, the visual dialogue is punctuated by assonances and dissonances, creating a continuous interplay between the human, the animal and the folklore.”