Daniel makes stuff, and, in his spare time, writes about things like movies, kid culture, and geek stuff.
Seeing Childhood Through a Child's Lens

If you’re in London anytime soon, I’d heartily recommend stopping by this unique exhibit at the V&A Museum of Childhood:

An exhibition of photographs from a dynamic photographic collaboration will go on display at the V&A Museum of Childhood from 7 November. Photographers Gideon Mendel and Crispin Hughes have been working with children from Hackney’s Kingsmead School for more than six months encouraging them to make reportage photographs of their surroundings.

When treated seriously, photography and the arts seem to provide such a uniquely profound voice for children – and it’s this magical, creative and empowering relationship between art and child that never ceases to amaze me. Often children can demonstrate incredible prowess and skill in taking photographs, but its their unique photographic perspective – how they see their world around them and capture it – that is most powerful. If you haven’t already, watch the 2004 documentary “Born Into Brothels” to get a better glimpse at this.

Nov 07, 2009 :: Tagged under: , , :: #

When Giant Children Ruled the City

A fun, whimsical – and artistically stunning – photography series from Dmitriy Sklyarenko:

A long, long time ago, giant children ruled the city. A force to be reckoned with, these gigantic cuties recklessly used the world as their playground. Picking up cars, and doing cartwheels in the streets, they threw temper tantrums causing many people to suffer.

Aug 06, 2009 :: Tagged under: , :: #