James Mollison: Where Children Sleep

Mollison, James

ISBN 10: 1905712162 / ISBN 13: 9781905712168

Published by Chris Boot, 2010

About this Item

First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Covers show moderate edgewear and scuffing due to age and use. Fading to spine and front cover. Binding is sound; no writing or other markings. No tears to covers or pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 2. Seller Inventory # 1850538313

Bibliographic Details

Title: James Mollison: Where Children Sleep

Publisher: Chris Boot

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Where Children Sleep presents English-born photographer James Mollison's (born 1973) large-format photographs of children's bedrooms around the world--from the US, Mexico, Brazil, England, Italy, Israel and the West Bank, Kenya, Senegal, Lesotho, Nepal, China and India--alongside portraits of the children themselves. Each pair of photographs is accompanied by an extended caption that tells the story of each child: Kaya in Tokyo, whose proud mother spends $1,000 a month on her dresses; Bilal the Bedouin shepherd boy, who sleeps outdoors with his father's herd of goats; the Nepali girl Indira, who has worked in a granite quarry since she was three; and Ankhohxet, the Kraho boy who sleeps on the floor of a hut deep in the Amazon jungle. Photographed over two years with the support of Save the Children (Italy), Where Children Sleep is both a serious photo-essay for an adult audience, and also an educational book that engages children themselves in the lives of other children around the world. Its cover features a child's mobile printed in glow-in-the-dark ink.

Review:

"a remarkable series capturing the diversity of and, often, disparity between children’s lives around the world through portraits of their bedrooms" (Maria Popova Brainpickings)