Een fotoboek dat kinderen bijzonder zal intrigeren is Where children sleep van James Mollison (Chris Boot, Londen, 2011).
Foto's zijn nog tot 30 april te bewonderen in de Flatland Gallery, Lange Nieuwstraat 7 in Utrecht, open woensdag t/m zaterdag van 1 tot 5 's middags.
'The book is written and presented for an audience of 9-13 year olds, intended to interest and engage in the details of the lives of other children around the world, and the social issues affecting them, while also being a serious photographic essay for an adult audience.' Rijk aan schrijnende contrasten.
Flatland Gallery: '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.'
Het boek is of was nog te bestellen, ISBN 9781905712168, hoewel hier en daar wordt vermeld dat het uitverkocht is.
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