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    Photo essay: Where children sleep

    Recently, the charitable organization Save the Children asked documentary photographer James Mollison to come up with an idea to get people thinking about the rights of children around the world. What he came up with was an unusual, but powerful project: a photo essay of more than 200 children and their bedrooms, called "Where Children Sleep."

    "I found myself thinking about my bedroom: how significant it was during my childhood, and how it reflected what I had and who I was," Mollison, who was born in Kenya, writes. "It occurred to me that a way to address some of the complex situations and social issues affecting children would be to look at the bedrooms of children in all kinds of different circumstances." The book has sold out since its initial printing last year, and Mollison says his publisher intends to reprint it later this year.

    Mollison photographed the child's bedroom and the child separately, juxtaposing the two photos. You can check out some of the photos from the book, below.

    Four-year-old Kaya lives in Tokyo, where her mother spends $1,000 per month on her wardrobe:

    James Mollison

    A Romanian four-year-old living outside Rome, Italy with his undocumented family:

    James Mollison

    A 7-year-old Nepalese girl who works in a quarry and lives in a one-room home with her parents and siblings:

    James Mollison

    Alyssa lives with her family in Harlan County, Kentucky:

    James Mollison

    Eight-year-old Ahkohxet lives with his tribe in the Amazon basin in Brazil:

    James Mollison

    Nine-year-old Dong lives with his family in Yunnan, China:

    James Mollison

    Nine-year-old Tzvika lives in the West Bank, in a gated community of 36,000 Orthodox Jews:

    James Mollison

    Nine-year-old Jamie lives with his family on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan:

    James Mollison

    Eleven-year-old Thais lives in the City of God, Brazil and wants to be a model:

    James Mollison

    Kana, 16, lives in Tokyo:

    James Mollison

     

    3,963 comments

    • Judith  •  8 mths ago
      amazing how differently children live
    • Jacob  •  8 mths ago
      Gawleee, Kentuckay looks worse than third world!!!! more like Fourth world!
    • Ice.氷.Con.Jielo  •  8 mths ago
      Nice work by Sir James Mollison.. A realization about life.. o.0
    • Victoria Romane  •  8 mths ago
      In this, we can easily tell that kids leaving in a comfortable life must treasure what they have, than to compare theirselves with another. Be happy because others pray to be one of you in the near future.
    • Jhey  •  8 mths ago
      what matters most is how a child could understand his/her situation, and he/she is happy and contented for where he/she's sleeping.
      • Domeng 8 mths ago
        how can a child understand when what he sees around him are depressing???
      • Pinkay 8 mths ago
        That is true!
    • Bethany  •  8 mths ago
      This was so interesting, well done!
    • Jonathan Paul  •  8 mths ago
      All i can say I hope the song of Matisyahu "One Day" will come true. For my children and my childrens children.
    • Al Winterle  •  8 mths ago
      Jamie looks like Damien from one of the Omen movies, and he definitely has a bent for interior design.
      • Edel 8 mths ago
        i think the children have very less or even nothing to contribute about the design .. its all about how they parents think
    • Angelica  •  8 mths ago
      I am blessed...thank you Lord for giving us a comfortable shelter!
    • abegail  •  8 mths ago
      Good Photo Essay . . Really made me think! Thank you for the realization!
    • Franco Louie  •  8 mths ago
      A Romanian four-year-old living outside Rome, Italy? srsly?
      • MT G Ong 8 mths ago
        Well, Romania was a former Soviet satellite. Romania is still not part of the EU
      • Underline 8 mths ago
        romania IS PART of EU. Do your research
    • David  •  8 mths ago
      Rich or poor the world is a ghetto
    • Almer  •  8 mths ago
      The welfare of the children reflects the maturity and love of parents. No matter how poor you are it is not excuse to have your children leave in a pigsty.
    • Uncle  •  8 mths ago
      http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Save-the-Children-Salaries-E16936.htm

      The average executive salary of manager of Save the Children is $55,713 USD (P2,395,659 PHP) to $141,000 (P6,063,000 PHP) per year.

      Make us feel sorry for these children so we give them money to put into their pockets.
      • Damon Salvatore 8 mths ago
        So true. I had one client who works for a charity but his housing allowance is huge and that is just housing allowance, imagine his salary...he lives in a comfy apartment nice lifestyle...that's why i don't trust those charities that pretends they help kids while in fact they prioritize themselves first before others...I hope there is a genuine charity organization that uses the money to help those kids in need and not to take advantage of the donations for selfish gains...:-(
    • Monds  •  8 mths ago
      childrens hair around the world.....
    • RIZZ  •  8 mths ago
      these are alarming photos of children..... I mean I can take it if these are grown ups but children.... thinking of a four year old girl being spent $1,000 for mere clothes is just totally insane.... what kind of girl will she grow up into.... my goodness. some parents just don't think about the impact of what they do to their children while they are young.... and when they turn into rebels they blame the child.... stupid parents.....
    • Marco  •  8 mths ago
      i therfore conclude that all children are sleeping..atleast their sleeping at night lols...
    • LLoYD  •  8 mths ago
      My own opinion... this only shows how lucky we are on what we already have... so stop complaining on things you don't like.. be satisfied on things what God already gave on us.
    • Gian Jamanron  •  8 mths ago
      it doesn't matter who you are..poor or rich ..what's important is how you make your life to the fullest because each of us are not gifted what others have but we all have the chance to make if to the top in our own ways....in every difficulty lies an opportunity to success
    • Maria laarnie Ortega  •  8 mths ago
      indeed a very nice study :)
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