Yoel Assiag presents a series of photographs on the subject of Hungarian Gypsies.  He has captured their daily life in their poor surroundings.  The camera lens captures interesting compositions defining interior-exterior, space-wall-space and broadens the viewer's field of vision.

Assiag's color palette is rich: blacks, different shades of grey, startlingly bright or dirty whites.  The hues and play of light and soft shadows endow the events with a realistic, lyrical and human touch.

The photographer's intentional choice of black and white eliminates the conventional image of the singing and dancing gypsy.  The mask is dropped and the subject is exposed.  The photographer observes but does not intervene.  His contemplation is compassionate; he documents a harsh existence with no idealization but with much empathy which the viewers share.

Roni Rechev, Curator.