‘I was struck by this little boy’: inside Travellers’ horse fairs – in pictures

Frederik Rüegger spent two years with Roma and Traveller communities across Britain and Ireland – his images capture a resilient culture increasingly under threat

Main image: ‘Vulnerability beneath the surface’ … an image from I Am a Stranger in This Country Photograph: Frederik Rüegger

Wed 30 Jul 2025 08.00 CEST

Frederik Rüegger spent more than two years visiting Great Britain and Ireland for his first publication about Roma or Travellers’ horse fairs. Frederik Rüegger: I Am a Stranger in This Country is published by Kehrer Verlag

Rüegger’s title, l Am a Stranger in This Country, reflects his status as a visitor and also that of the Travellers as outsiders in British and Irish society