What is this you may ask? I asked myself the same exact question when I first came across this on an RSS feed.
Well, according to Flavorwire, Where Children Sleep, "documents the personal spaces of kids around the world, from the middle-class and prospersous to the strikingly impoverished..."
Each photo is done by James Mollison, as he captured over one-hundred images of children and had support from independent organization Save the Children!
When looking at some of these photos I thought about my own childhood, and the room I had, as well as other children I knew. Not very much of a perspective for a suburban Canadian girl, however seeing these photos added somewhat of a nostalgic element of life that I clearly have not been in touch with for some time.
Regardless of where these children slept, the common denominator was the fact that they were children... Once again making me think about the photo's purpose: raising awareness on Children's Rights, and social issues affecting children. I can recall taking Children's Rights in my final year of undergrad and thinking about the various issues that still continue to plague a developing demographic within society, and it is why I am an advocate for organizations such as Save the Children. This was a great way to artistically convey a message of multiculturalism via an initiative that gets people thinking about their childhood,social issues, and the fact that we were once all children on an international scale.
What do you think? Is this artistic form capable of garnering attention towards Childrens issues?
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