No matter what part of the world you examine, there will be children there. Those children will have hopes, dreams… and toys.
Toy Stories is a book by photographer
Gabriele Galimberti that
studies children all over the world. She compares their toys, a
seemingly simple gesture but it has more meaning than you could realize.
Some play with LEGO bricks. Some play with dolls. Others play with toy
guns.
These children and their playthings are a microcosm of the culture
that they live in. It’s shocking to see the differences throughout the
world.
1.) Lauren – Muskoka, Canada.
2.) Maudy – Kalulushi, Zambia
3.) Norden – Massa, Marocco
4.) Abel – Nopaltepec, Mexico
5.) Alessia – Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
6.) Botlhe – Maun, Botswana
8.) Tangawizi – Keekorok, Kenya
9.) Tyra – Stockholm, Sweden
10.) Li Yi Chen – Shenyang, China
11.) Puput – Bali, Indonesia
12.) Noel – Dallas, Texas
13.) Mikkel – Bergen, Norway
14.) Julius – Lausanne, Switzerland
15.) Niko – Homer, Alaska
16.) Enea – Boulder, Colorado
17.) Naya – Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica
18.) Shotaro – Tokyo, Japan
19.) Taha – Beirut, Lebanon
20.) Pavel – Kiev, Ukraine
21.) Chiwa – Mchinji, Malawai
You can see the innocence shine out from each of their faces. Their
lives are so different from one another, but they may never realize how
unique their paths are until they are grown up.
Source:
Toy Stories via
My Modern Met
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