Photo Project "Where The Children Are Asleep" (31 photos)

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"Fast from the Past": The American journalist and photographer Chris Boot James Mollison toured the world and made a series of pictures, united general title "Where children are asleep."

  A.  12-year-old Senegalese Lamine.

  Lamin lives at the school for boys, which studied the Koran.  He shares a room with several other students.  The beds in this hostel very simple, some bricks instead of the feet planted.  At six o'clock every morning, the boys begin to work on the school farm, where they learn to dig, to grow corn and plow to plow the fields with the help of donkeys.  In the afternoon, they learn the Koran.  In his spare time, Lamine loves to play soccer with his friends.

  Two.  9-year-old from Israel Zwick.

  Zwick lives in an apartment building in Beitar Illit, Israel's West Bank settlements.  The settlement - the house 36,000 Orthodox Jews.  Television and newspapers are banned.  On average, each family of nine children, but Zwicky, only one sister and two brothers, with whom he shares a bedroom.  The school boy transported by car, it is two minutes away from home.  Activities prohibited curriculum.  Every day, Zwick goes to the library and reading religious literature.  His favorite food - steak and potatoes.  He wants to become a rabbi.

  Three.  9-year-old Jamie from New York.

  The boy lives with his parents and younger brother and sister twins in a penthouse on 5th Avenue.  His family is still a luxury home in Hampton on Long Island.  Jamie goes to a prestigious school, which is quite difficult to do, despite the high cost of education.  The boy is a good student.  He has a little free time because you have a lot to do, but in his spare time he is engaged in judo and goes for a swim.  He likes to study finance.  When he grows up, he wanted to become a lawyer like his father.

  4.  8-year-old Akahkset from Brazil.

  This girl - from the collapse of an Indian tribe living in the Amazon Basin.  Today, the tribe, there are only 1900 people.  The collapse of the Indians believe that the world has created the sun and the moon.  In this tribe, living in harmony with nature, there are many ancient rituals (the red stripes on the body of the girl had suffered during one of these rituals. Tribe living in farming and hunting. Some provisions in the purchase money received from tourists and photographers who come to their settlement. tribe even have a car, which is used in turn.

  Five.  7-year-old Indira from Kathmandu, Nepal.

  Indira lives with his parents, brother and sister.  In their house only one room with one bed and a single mattress.  Children sleep on a mattress on the floor.  The family is very poor - everyone should work.  In three years, Indira works at the local granite quarries with the other 150 children.  Indira works six hours a day, then - the mother helps with the housework.  She also goes to school - until her from the house for 30 minutes.  Her favorite food - pasta.  Indira dreams of becoming a dancer.

  6.  4-year-old Kai from Tokyo.

  Kay lives with her parents in a small Tokyo apartment.  Girls bedroom from floor to suspended ceilings lined with dolls and clothing.  All my clothes Kai - 30 dresses and coats, 30 pairs of shoes and numerous wigs - makes her mother.  But when Kai goes to school - she has to wear a school uniform.  Favorite Products girl - meat, potatoes, strawberries and peaches.  When he grows up, Kai wants to draw cartoons.

  7.  10-year-old Spirit of Hebron

  Spirit lives with his parents and eleven brothers and sisters in a Palestinian refugee camp in Hebron.  She shares a bedroom with five sisters.  Spirit goes to school 10 minutes away from "home", and dreams of becoming a pediatrician.  Her brother Mohammed had killed himself and 23 civilians in a suicide attack against Israelis in 1996.  After that, the Israeli military destroyed the family home.  On the wall of a perfume - photo by Muhammad.

  Eight.  4-year-old Jasmine (Jazz) from the state of Kentucky.

  Jazz lives in a big house with his parents and three brothers.  Home girl is in a rural area surrounded by farmland.  In the bedroom, Jasmine is full of crowns and ribbons, which she won the beauty contests.  She has participated in more than 100 competitions.  When he grows up, dreams of becoming a jazz rock star.

  9.  The unnamed boy Romanian immigrant.

  Home to this 4-year-old boy and his family became a mattress in the field on the outskirts of Rome.  To buy a bus ticket to Italy from Romania, his family had to beg.  Arriving in Rome, they were camped on private land, and soon the police threw them out.  These people have no documents, so they can not get a legal job.  The boy's parents wash the car windows at traffic lights.  None of the family never went to school.

  10.  9-year-old Dong of the Yunnan Province in southwest China.

  Dong lives with his parents, sister and grandfather.  He sleeps in the same room with her sister and parents.  The family has a plot of land on which they grow rice and sugar cane.  Dong School is located 20 minutes from home.  He loves to write and sing.  In the evening Dong normally spends one hour on homework, and one spends watching television.  Dong would like to become a policeman.

  11.8-year-old Roasi from the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

  His house is situated on a huge landfill, where they live and work five thousand people.  The mattress on which the sleeping boy, made of old tires.  Every morning at six o'clock Roasi and hundreds of other children take a shower at a local charity center before you start to collect cans and plastic bottles, which will then recycled.  Roasi often eats only once a day.

  12.  11-year-old Thais, from Rio de Janeiro.

  Thais living with his parents and sister on the third floor of an apartment building in Rio.  The bedroom she shares with her sister.  They live in a certain area of ​​crime and drugs - Cidade de Deus, «City of God," a situation in which some improvement after the same movie.  Thais love pop singer Philip Dillon.  She wanted to be a model.

  13.  15-year-old from Kenya Nanto.

  Nantes - rendille tribe living in the northern part of the country.  She has two brothers and two sisters.  Her house - a hut of plastic and straw.  In the center of the home fire burning, which sleeps a family.  Duties of Nantes - to monitor the goats, chop wood and carry water.  For several years, the girl went to a village school, but decided not to continue.  Nanto wants to marry a soldier.  Now she has a boyfriend, but for a woman from the tribe rendille fine until marriage to meet with several men.  However, before marriage, according to local traditions of each tribe woman doing circumcision .

  14.  11-year-old Joey from Kentucky

  Joey lives with his parents and older sister.  He always walks with his father on hunting.  Joey first deer killed in seven years.  He loves to be outdoors and hopes to continue to hunt and when he grows up.  Joey goes to school and loves to watch television in the company of your pet - Lily lizards.


  15.  Album "Where children are asleep," was released in November of last year.  The album, which costs about 25 euros, you can order via the Internet.  You can browse through the book at this link .

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Perhaps you remember about the photo project "where children sleep," American photographer James Mollison.  And for those who do not remember, recall that the author of this series has traveled to different countries photographing children of all ages living in different conditions.

  A.  Kahn, 16, Tokyo

  The house has 4 generations living Cana - she with her sister, her parents, grandparents and great-grandmother.  Passion Cana - fashion.  She can spend hours dressing up and likes to go to Tokyo's Harajuku district of trendy shops.  Kahn is a club of their peers who hold the style Lolita -Doll.  Mom Cana is not enthusiastic about the daughter of such experiments, so the girl got a job working at the factory to buy their very clothes and wigs.  Every day, Kahn traveled to school by bike.  It takes her about 20 minutes.  Kahn loves and respects his mother.  In the future, she plans to become the owner of a fashion store and is confident that with age, her style of dress will be more traditional.

  Two.  Rianon, 14, Darvel, Scotland

  Rianon lives in a small picturesque town, which had been famous for the production of lace.  Now their area has fallen into disrepute - there's a lot of heroin addicts and gangs are operating.  The school Rianon many students who are expelled from schools located in the neighborhood of Glasgow.  The whole family Rianon and her friends - punks.  The girl wears colored mohawk with a 6-year-old.  Their punk-county live very amicably, they are used to support each other and to fend off outsiders from their troubled region.  Previously Rianon teased at school, but she gave his offenders resist and she was left alone.  She plays guitar, bass and drums and sings.  My father Rianon - their own group.

  Three.  Ryan, age 13, North Carolina

  Ryan was born in Pennsylvania, where he lived with his parents and two sisters.  But now he is in North Carolina, at boarding school for obese adolescents from 11 to 16 years.  At 9 years old he was diagnosed with a brain tumor from which he developed an unhealthy appetite.  Being in a special school Ryan has dropped nine pounds, but intends to continue to lose weight so that you can play basketball with my friends as before.  Pupils are required to pass each day 10,000 steps.  Children eat low-fat low-calorie foods like pizza and spaghetti, and have constant access to healthy foods - vegetables, fruits, soup.  Thanks to Ryan is constantly hungry, but thinner.  The boy would become a doctor when she grows up.

  4.  Lee, 10 years, Beijing

  He lives with his parents in an apartment building.  Lee - one in the family, as in China for more than 30 years, the politics, " One family - one child ", and all those who give birth to more than one child are fined and taxed.  Lee goes to school next door to the house.  Her favorite subjects - mathematics, singing and music.  Li - a real perfectionist.  Usually it makes the lessons more than three hours, trying to do everything perfectly.  Twice a week she goes to ballet lessons.  During the time in school, Chinese students must attend three special camps for military training, which organizes the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

  Five.  Lewis, 10, of Barnsley, England

  Lewis lived with his parents and sister in a suburb of Yorkshire.  Because of his anti-social behavior, Liyusu officially forbidden to leave the house at night and regularly searched for drugs, alcohol and knives.  He can not be with him, even a screwdriver.  Lewis was diagnosed with schizophrenia.  Because of his anti-social behavior it is seven times expelled from school.  The whole family goes to the boy's psychologist.  Recently, Lewis began to take the medicine and feels better now, though, and misses his friends and the outdoors.

  6.  Juan David, 10, Medellin, Colombia

  Juan David - an only child - lives in a shanty town Colombian capital.  The family of Juan David - refugees, they had to leave his home because of the drug war that continues in their home region.  The area does not have access to schools and hospitals.  The basis of the diet - Annona purpurea, spiked fruit that grows well in these parts.  The family of Juan David lives in a small shack, built by his father.  His father, an auto mechanic by profession, though vainly trying to find some work.  The family of Juan David would like to move to the States.  The boy hopes to someday become a doctor.

  7.  Bikram, 9 years, Melamchi, Nepal

  Bikram - an orphan.  He lives with his grandparents, aunt, uncle and two cousins ​​in a stone two-story house in the mountains.  The nearest road need to get two hours on the mountain path.  The second floor of the house used for storage of corn, which usually do not get the rat.  The whole family sleeps on the corn.  In their house there is no electricity.  Typically, a house light with rechargeable lamps.  The family has its own plot of land where they grow everything you need.  Their diet is wheat, vegetables and lentils.  For meat and milk they have no money.  Bikram diligently in school.  A lot of time playing with their friends.  He dreams of becoming a doctor when she grows up.

  Eight.  Alex, age 9, Rio de Janeiro

  Alex does not go to school and spends all day on the streets begging.  He realized that to survive he must either beg or steal.  So sometimes, when possible, he wins the clock for those people who give him alms from the car windows at intersections.  Alex every day sniffing glue.  Sleeping on the street on benches or on the old couch, if it finds such, or just on the sidewalk.  Alex - is not an orphan.  He even keeps in touch with his family.  Sometimes he comes to them to bring something to eat.

  9.  The name is not specified, 9 years, the Ivory Coast

  The name of this boy's a refugee from Liberia was not indicated because of the risk to life.  He was kidnapped by "the Lord's Resistance Army" and was a soldier.  (See the post Stolen "the Lord's Resistance Army" ), but he managed to escape and flee the country.  He - an orphan, he has three brothers.  They all live in a concrete shed at the school with other students.  His favorite meal - rice with tomatoes and shredded with rice and meat.  He loves football and wants to become a teacher when grow up.

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  10.  Bilal, aged 6, Wadi Abu Hindi, West Bank

  Bilal's family, Arabs, Bedouins, now lives in a barn, because their house is destroyed the Israeli government, since it was built without official permission.  In summer the whole family sleeps under the open sky, on the carpet.  They are 15 goats.  The basis of the family diet - rice and sour goat's milk.  Once a week they can afford to eat meat.  Every day for the village of Wadi Abu Hindi comes from drinking water tank, from which we can take two liters of water per person.  Bilal is not going to school.  He grazes goats.

  11.  Rice, 15, Kyoto

  Rice is trained in the future will become a geisha.  He lives with 13 other girls-Tew at a tea house in Kyoto.  She and five other girls slept in one room, which is also used as a dining room and a place for tea ceremonies.  Rice left the parental home in Tokyo a year ago after she saw a television program about the geisha.  Determined to become a geisha girl passed her exam and was admitted to training.  Now she is in the status of a student or a "maiko".  Rice has a new name Tamayuki.  She diligently engaged.  She taught singing, art courtly conversation, the mysteries of the tea ceremony, the art of make-up imposition, and more.  Two hours a day, she spends learning to put on a kimono, apply makeup and style your hair.  Rice-Tamayuki - the youngest "maiko" in Japan.  For a month she had - two days a week.  Girl goes to his family in Tokyo three times a year.  Very often she misses home.

  12.  Erien, 14, of Rio de Janeiro.

  Arian lives in slum area of ​​Rio - favelas.  Previously, slept on the floor, but now she identified beds, as the girl is in the last trimester of pregnancy.  This - the third pregnant 14-year Erien.  The first time she became pregnant when she was only 12 years old.  Then she gave birth to a stillborn child.  A year later - the second birth, and then the child survived.  The girl is unlikely to return to school because she needed to look after children.  She - a single mother.  In Brazil, abortion is illegal.  For termination of pregnancy can be up to three years in prison.  Brazilian authorities are trying in vain to struggle with high levels of teenage pregnancy, trying to tell young people about contraception.  Erien dreams of becoming a veterinarian and go somewhere out of these places.

  13.  The debate for 14 years, Kathmandu, Nepal

  Neglected works as a housekeeper and lived on the top floor of the house in a tiny room, like a cage.  It - one of thousands of minors who work as servants in Nepal.  The basis of ration rice and vegetables.  The duties of the girls are cleaning, laundry and cooking.  Usually it starts at five in the morning and finishes - to six in the evening.  At the same time her salary is - 500 Nepali rupees per month (an impurity 6.5 dollars).  She sends money to parents who are raising her eight brothers and sisters.  Twice a year, Pren ride home.  3 times a week in school.  Classes at the school she really likes.  She loves her teacher, who devoted herself to teaching these children how to debate.  When he grows up, the debate is dreaming of becoming a doctor.

  14.  Irkena, age 14, Kenya.

  Irkena - semi-nomadic tribe of the Kenyan wilderness rendille Kaisut.  He currently lives with his mother in the open air in the pen, which they built for the cattle.  The boy is 14 years old and soon he is waiting for the ceremony of circumcision.  This ritual - the first on the road to adulthood.  Circumcision will be held in public and the boys have to endure the pain and crying out, otherwise their families would be disgraced.  After cutting Irkena become "Marani", ie  a young soldier.  After that he will leave and live in the bush, along with other soldiers.  A month before the ceremony of circumcision Irkena shoot birds with a slingshot.  Corpses he wears around his neck as a symbol of their maturity and good hunting skills.  He needs to shoot as many birds.

  15.  Riutta, 10 years, Tokyo

  Riutta lives with his parents and younger sister in Tokyo.  He has seven years of sumo - the age of three when he started having problems with weight, my parents decided to send him to the section.  Now Riutta become a sumo champion in his age and weight category.  He firmly eats three times a day.  Although more recently, the boy began to worry about his weight loss - one of his friends died of a heart attack, which occurred due to obesity.  Classmates Riutta admired because he did not lose a single battle.  In addition, he is a scout organization.  He likes to go camping, ride a bike.  In his spare time playing computer games, watching TV.  Her dream is to become the leading TV program when he grows up and be sure to start a family.

  16.  Delaney, 9 years old, New Jersey

  Delaney lives with his parents and younger brother and sister in the big house.  Each of the children in their family has its own bathroom.  Delaney loves to dress up and spends every night for about an hour, choosing a wardrobe for tomorrow.  She goes to school on a school bus along with his brother.  The trip takes only 10 minutes, but Delany does not like to sit in the bus next to the little brother.  It has a dual attitude to school - on the one hand, she likes to communicate with classmates, but that the lessons she hates.  Preparing homework takes her only 15 minutes a day, but every evening she lays up to the last moment, when you need to sit for the lessons.  Her hobbies - it's shopping and dancing.  Delaney dreams of becoming a fashion designer when she grows up.  Every Sunday she goes to church.

  17.  Alice, age 8, Harlan County, USA

  Alice - an only child.  But their family lives next to his grandmother Alice, her uncle and cousin, whose mother died recently.  Alice and her parents live in a small wooden house, which is located in the Appalachians.  This place is famous for its natural beauty, but it is the poorest region in the United States.  In Alice's room ceiling collapses.  Her parents wanted to throw my little old house and buy a van, but they have no money on it.  Alice's mother works at McDonald's, the pope - in a supermarket Wallmart.  Most of the income is spent on maintenance and education of Alice.  In the area of ​​high unemployment and many people use drugs.  Two relatives of Alice died because they were drug addicts.

  18.  Justin, age 8, New Jersey

  Justin loves the sport.  He plays football, baseball and basketball.  In five years, he is a local football team.  When football season begins with Justin usually three workouts per week.  His parents encouraged his son to love the sport, despite the fact that sports equipment is not cheap.  Justin lives with his family in a five-room house.  Two weeks in the year they are resting in the Caribbean.  Justin ambitious guy - when he grows up he wants to become mayor of New Jersey.  And if you do not come out - that a professional poker player.

mdmyana

Kesiannya tengok yang no.13 tu (Nepal)..

sapp73

bilik tidur ikut personaliti dan minat pemiliknya.

Alangkah beruntung anak-anak yang dilahirkan dikalangan keluarga yang berduit jika dibandingkan dengan budak-budak yang miskin...tidur pun ikut mana dan aje

bianglala

jurang yang sangat berbeza..... di Brazil, abortion diharamkan rupanya.

Mamason

Ada antar kanak2 nie punya air muka yg bila kita tgk sgt sedih.... seolah2 meminta simpati dgn kesempitan hidup mereka... bersyukurlah walaupun kita tidak kaya raya, namun kita masih punya tempat utk melelapkan mata yg selesa daripada mereka yg terpaksa tidor di bawah pokok, atas tanah, berbumbungkan langit dan terdedah pada hujan dan panas.... kesiannya....

Artemesiaa

Jurang perbezaan antara yang miskin dan yang kaya serta adat budaya dan cara dia dibesarkan.

HaMiZiE

Thanks for sharing TT...

Something we can take from those pics...

Just be grateful with what we have... if you feel you re unlucky, think about other peoples who are struggling to provide better life for their family outsides there ...

larikesurga

gambar budak senegal (Lamine) tu paling buat aku rasa sedih...

mangobubble

"Fast from the Past": The American journalist and photographer Chris Boot James Mollison toured the  ...
abgsedapmalam Post at 9-4-2012 10:06

  kesiannya tengok budak dlm gambar no 11 dari cambodia tu. tido beralaskan tayar lama dkt tapak pelupusan sampah. cekalnya dia menempuh keshidupan. makan sekali sehari jer.

rosasen

ohhh..some of these appeared in Reader's Digest.... tak ingat bulan berapa... Dec11 or Jan 12... memang menginsafkan...

Ske tgk budak Cina pompuan tu..bilik dia crowded ngn toys!

Syayang

Pictures tell everything..
Kesian tengok budak-budak ni yg tak de rumah nk berteduh..
Tak payah pergi jauh, kat malaysia pun ade yg mcm ni cume kita yg x sedar..
Sedih tengok kecik2 dah kena survive nk hidup

nicuya

yg miskin tu kesiannye....

mash311

thanx for sharing TT...

newyork

like this thread..

aku_cikoet

bgsnye brazil abortion diharamkan

kilometrico

jauh beza miskin n kaya.....

bobba

yang kaya makin kaya, yang miskin makin miskin. dunia sekarang.

mrsT

nampak jurang kehidupan..