where children sleep

indira, kathmandu, nepal, 7 yrs. 

kaya, japan, 3 yrs.

lamine, bounkilling village, senagal, 12 yrs.

rhiannon, darvel, scotland, 14 yrs.

ahkohxet, amazonia, brazil, 8 yrs.

"x", rio de janeiro, brazil, 17 yrs.

dong, china 9 yrs.

bilal, kidar settlement, wabi abu hindi, the west bank, 6 yrs.

alyssa, harlan county, usa, 8 yrs

nantio, lisamis, northern kenya, 15 yrs. 

joey, kentucky, usa, 11 yrs.

kana, tokyo, japan, 16 yrs.

alex, rio de janeiro, brazil, 9 yrs.

where children sleep

all photographs by james mollison.

he also photographed james & other apes

james and other apes

gregoire

pumbu

nyango

lavielle

arron

kitwiti

photographer james mollison was struck by how primates have facial similarity to our own while watching a nature program. using the aesthetic of the passport photograph he traveled to cameroon, republic of congo, democratic republic of congo & indonesia & photographed orphans of the bush meat trade & live pet trade. there are more amazing photographs here.