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Pride and Concrete

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  • Romania: A view of the snow covered village of Botiza in the mist. Most young people from this village have gone to France to work.
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  • The small, one story house belonging to the Gherman family clings to the side of a new constructed three story building which two brothers, grandsons of the original house's owner, are building. They work in Paris and have been building their family home back in Romania over several years.
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  • Ioan Gherman, 83, in his grandson's house. The grandson left to work in France and sent money home to finish the building work.
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  • People embarking a bus leaving to Spain. Nasaud, Romania
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  • A worker sleeps in a Paris train
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  • A construction worker in front of the  Eifel Tower, Paris
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  • Two Romanian workers are taking a rest. Central Paris.
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  • Ion Pop from Tarsolt in Maramures in Romania sits in his makeshift shelter in a forest on the outskirts of Paris. This settlement has been built by a group of around 80 people from Calinesti Oas who have built huts out of materials they have been able to find and have been living here since 2002. Some of them have not found work in France and therefore can't afford to pay rent. Others prefer to live in these makeshift settlements to save money. Ion is planning to return to Romania since he wasn't able to find any work.
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  • Lica Sas from Certeze village in Romania cleans the stairs of the building where she lives in Saint Denis near Paris.
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  • A man pushing a bicycle with a large bag smokes a cigarette while walking across a settlement of makeshift shelters which has been built by a group of around 80 people from Calinesti Oas who have built huts out of materials they have been able to find.Many have been living here since 2002. Some of them have not found work in France and therefore can't afford to pay rent. Others prefer to live in these makeshift settlements to save money. Ion is planning to return to Romania since he wasn't able to find any work.
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  • A new house built by people who left Romania to work in western Europe.
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  • A local woman gathers straw off a field in front of a newly built house in Ilva Mare village. The straw is set alight and burnt in small fires.
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  • A road in the village of Cajvana lined with new houses being build by people who have made their money abroad, mainly in the construction industry.
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  • A man works on his new house in the village of Cajvana. Many people in the village have made money abroad, mainly working in the construction industry, and are building large new homes when they come back to Romania.
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  • Jessica Ciorba (8) sits in the living room of the new home her family is building in the village of Certeze. Her whole family works in Paris and she goes to school there but the family returns home for holidays.
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  • Iacob Berende drinks a cup of water from the well behind his children's newly built home which is still under construction. His children have gone to the UK to work. Most people from this village used to be animal breeders but now the younger generation has left and gone abroad to work.
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  • A flock of sheep pass a newly built house in the village of Cajvana. Many people in the village have made money abroad, mainly working in the construction industry and when they come back to Romania, many build large new homes.
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  • Gheorghe and Maria Balta sit on a sofa in a new home being built by their children who all work in Paris. They have extended and enlarged the old house into a much larger building which now has two floors and a glass front.
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  • An elderly woman prepares hay for feeding her animals on a field near her house. Most of the young people in these villages have left work abroad, leaving only the elderly behind.
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  • People gather for the funeral of an 84 year old man in the yard of his house. Next to his house his grandson who is working in Spain is building a new, much larger, house.
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  • Maria Balta dries parsley inside the shell of a new house her children are building. Her three children all work in France and have been extending their new home in the village bit by bit. It now has two floors and a glass front.
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  • Balta Floarea in front of her daughter's unfinished house. Her daughter works in a patisserie in Paris and is slowly building her new house in her native village in Romania.
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  • Maria Gherman struggles to open the door on the newly built home of her grandson who is working in France and building a new home for his family in the village.
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  • Ilie drinks a cup of the local spirit at a celebration for the wedding of a close relative. Ilie Boboreaza works in Paris and has returned home to Romania for the holidays. A friend plays the violin next to him.
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  • Petre Dorle takes his Ferrari for a spin in the village during the holidays when he visits from France. Petre is a successful entrepreneur who hires Romanian workers to come to France to work in the construction industry.
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  • A woman with  a calf. Her sister works in USA and  sends the money home, to built the house
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  • Petre Dorle takes his Ferrari for a spin in the village during the holidays when he visits from France. Petre is a successful entrepreneur who hires Romanian workers to come to France to work in the construction industry.
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  • Ionut and Mia sitting at the top table at their wedding with friends and family. They both work in Paris but have come back to their village to get married.
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  • A young couple from Tarsolt village who have just been married pose for a picture holding bottles of the local spirit which are shaped like the Eiffel Tower. These bottle have become a symbol of success in Romania. They are both working in the UK.
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  • A woman adds fruit to plates laid out for a wedding celebration in the village of Certeze
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  • One of the most influential businessmen in Certeze village, sings a song at a celebration in the village. Two musicians accompany him on guitar and violin.
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  • A woman in traditional dress crosses a street in the snow heading to the community centre where a wedding is taking place.
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  • 30 brides maids, all wearing dresses made from the same red material, line up to take their place at Maricuta and Ionut's wedding. Maricuta and Ionut both live in Paris. He works in the construction industry and she is a housekeeper. They have come back to their native village to get married.
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  • A composite pictures showing different people attending wedding parties in Tara Oasului. Almost all of them are working in France and come to their native village to spend the summer.
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