Where Children Sleep

Oftencold · #1 (**permalink**) 07-01-2012, 06:37 PM

Where Children Sleep - My Modern Metropolis
March 31, 2011

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James Mollison traveled around the globe and took some incredibly eye-opening photos of children's bedrooms. He then compiled them into a book, titled Where Children Sleep. Each pair of photographs is accompanied by an extended caption that tells the child's story. The differences between each sleeping space is striking.

Mollison was born in Kenya in 1973 and grew up in England. After studying art and design at Oxford Brookes, and later film and photography at Newport School of Art and Design, he moved to Italy to work at Benetton's creative lab, Fabrica.

"The project became a vehicle to think about poverty and wealth, about the relationship of children to their possessions, and the power of children – or lack of it – to make decisions about their lives," says Mollison. "I traveled where I could, and many of the pictures result from chance encounters. I hope these images help other children to think about inequality around the world, and perhaps start to figure out how they may respond."

Some real surprising images here.

MrLiberty · #2 (**permalink**) 07-02-2012, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Oftencold

Where Children Sleep - My Modern Metropolis
March 31, 2011

Some real surprising images here.

makes one feel grateful for having been born here.

1069 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-02-2012, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MrLiberty

makes one feel grateful for having been born here.

Really. If you'd been born in Japan, they might force you to wear a strawberry shortcake dress and a wig.

rivrrat · #4 (**permalink**) 07-02-2012, 08:59 AM

The poorest ones were the ones I found most appealing, oddly enough.

Coyote · #5 (**permalink**) 07-02-2012, 10:28 AM

Fascinating - I think I'm going to get this book. OC - thanks for the post

There was another book I read a while back that resounded in a similar way: Material World: A Portrait of the World's Possessions | Brain Pickings

It was a real eye opener....

Oftencold · #6 (**permalink**) 07-02-2012, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 1069

Really. If you'd been born in Japan, they might force you to wear a strawberry shortcake dress and a wig.

I strongly suspect that child is an android and can fire laser beams from her eyes.

Oftencold · #7 (**permalink**) 07-02-2012, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rivrrat

The poorest ones were the ones I found most appealing, oddly enough.

I suspect that the article, not necessarily the book picked over-the-top kids from industrialized countries. Note that there were no, low-key, working middle class looking "ordinary" western kids rooms.

1069 · #8 (**permalink**) 07-02-2012, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Oftencold

I suspect that the article, not necessarily the book picked over-the-top kids from industrialized countries. Note that there were no, low-key, working middle class looking "ordinary" western kids rooms.

That would make for a rather dull book.

If we want to see that, we can just look in our own kids' rooms.

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