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- Bilal, 6, Wadi Abu Indi, West Bank
- Indira, 7 years old, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Ahkohxet, 8 years old, Amazonia, Brazil
- Dong, 9 years old, Yunnan, China
- Anonymous, 10 years old, Ivory Coast
- Alex, 9 years old, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Bikram, 9 years old, Melamchi, Nepal
- Lay Lay, 4 years, Mae Sot, Thailand
- Douha, 10, Hebron, West Bank
- Joey, 11, Kentucky, USA
- Lamine, 12 years old, village of Bounkiling, Senegal
- Rhiannon, 14, Darvel, Scotland
- Risa, 15, Kyoto, Japan
- Netu, 11 years old, Kathmandu, Nepal
My favorites these days have been rare. The news was hard to swallow. But there I couldn’t let it go this artistic work that really thrilled me. Usually, when I deal with the subject of children’s bedrooms for this decor blog, I dig into the latest trendy products of the moment. To change the usual very specific subjects on them, which we all love, I’m taking you on a trip. Because yes I literally fell in love with the artistic work of James Mollison. This photographer has just published a book entitled “Where children sleep” – “Where the children sleep”, which depicts the daily life of children living in the four corners of the planet. Crying out for truth.
The author explains that “the best way to realize the complex and social situations in which children live all over the world is to show the rooms in which they sleep”. And this photographic gaze moved me. Simple but poignant.
It should also allow certain situations to be put into perspective. Far from the concerns of our children who are lucky enough to live in modern and peaceful cities, these pictures also retrace the violence of a certain topicality. Because we know it well even if we do not want to be confronted with it every day: the daily life of the little Senegalese or Chinese is not the same as the young American of the middle classes or the European children of working-class families. All of these societal issues deserve goodwill and discernment on the part of adults. But just the fact of taking a few minutes to admire these pictures changes our ideas and transports us to their home for a few moments. A parenthesis to realize that childhood is lived in different ways in Nepal, the West Bank, Thailand, China, Scotland or Japan … But hey, I admit, I would love to take these photos so much, I rage inside! But above all, I want to pay tribute to the work of the photographer, to go out into the field, to meet people around the world, what richness.
Without further ado, here are the portraits of the faces of children from different countries and their rooms where they spend their nights. Watch out for your eyes 🙂
Cristina