A unique project showing the living conditions of children from around the world (21 photos)

Every child in the world deserves to live in decent conditions and not know the needs. Unfortunately, so far humanity has not come to this, but there is always hope that the future will be brighter and brighter.





Childhood is a happy time. But do all children have this? Photographer James Mollison created a unique project called "Where children are sleeping. In his photographic study, he clearly demonstrated how much the living conditions of children differ not only from different countries, but also in the same country of residence.

Rhiannon, 14, Darvel, Scotland



Jeevan, 4, New York, USA





Kaya, 4 years old, Tokyo, Japan



Bilal, 6, Wadi Abu Hindi, Palestine



Jazzy, 4, Kentucky, USA



James Mollison created Where the Kids Sleep with journalist Chris Booth. Thanks to their joint work, the world saw The book includes 56 children's photo stories.

Indira, 7 years old, Kathmandu, Nepal



Tristan, 7 years old, New York, USA



Jyoti, 14, Makwanpur, Nepal



Risa, 15 years old, Kyoto, Japan



Ahkohset, 8 years old, Amazon, Brazil



James Mollison started this project at the request of charitable organization fighting for children's rights. However However, the photographer felt that it was not worth focusing only on children living in difficult conditions. The photographer decided what to do a project about all children, because despite the difference, in some way they all are similar.

Dong, age 9, Yunnan, China



Bikram, 9 years old, Melamchi, Nepal



Doha 10, Hebron, West Bank



Zvika 9, Beitar Illit, West Bank



Ryuta, 10 years old, Tokyo, Japan



By the way, Mollison never took pictures of familiar children and did not staged filming. All project participants are random people he met on the streets of cities around the world, where he worked on other with their projects.

Juan David, age 10, Medellin, Colombia



Lamin, 12 years old, Bunkyling village, Senegal



Thais, 11 years old, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Nantio, 15, Lysamis, Northern Kenya



Kana, 16 years old, Tokyo, Japan