Where Children Sleep by James Mollison

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With the book ‘Where Children Sleep‘ English photographer James Mollison presents a very interesting series of photos featuring children from all over the world, alongside photos of their bedrooms. The photos are accompanied by the stories about the lives of the children, their families and the places they live, resulting in some intriguing contrasts.

There’s the story about Bilal the Bedouin shepherd boy for example, who is sleeping outside in the open, with his father’s herd of goats, there’s Ankhohxet, the Kraho boy who sleeps on the floor of a hut deep in the Amazon jungle, and on the contrary there’s rich girl Kaya from Tokyo who gets dresses worth a $1.000 every single month. There’s heaps of similar fascinating stories throughout the book, with children from Mexico, Brazil, England, Israel, Senegal and China to name a few.

The book was made in collaboration with the Italian branche of children’s care foundation ‘Save the Children‘, with the concept of the book based on the important role that James’ own bedroom played in his childhood years, providing safety in turbulent times, as it also does for these kids who sometimes live in unstable situations at home dealing with great poverty or even in countries dealing with conflict situations. Thus the book functions both as a beautiful photo essay, as it has an obvious educational function, informing children about the lives and religions of kids in other countries, living in different circumstances.

You can buy the hardcover book featuring 112 color photographs via chrisboot.com and Amazon.