Playground

• Main Author: Mollison, James 1973- (Author)
• Other Authors: Ronson, Jon 1967- (foreword)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York, N.Y. Aperture Foundation 2015
• Subjects: Playgrounds > Pictorial works; Schools > Pictorial works; School children > Pictorial works; School grounds > Pictorial works
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• Item Description: Accompanying exhibition at Aperture Gallery, New York, April-June 2015
• Physical Description: 126 pages illustrations (colour) 33 cm.
• ISBN: 9781597113076

James Mollison's photo projects are based on smart, original concepts applied to serious social and environmental themes. For his latest book, Playground, Mollison has photographed children at play in school playgrounds, inspired by memories of his own childhood, and interested in how we all learn to negotiate relationships and our place in the world at a young age through play. For each picture, Mollison sets up his camera during school break time, making multiple frames, and then composing each final photograph from several scenes, in which he finds revealing "play" narratives. With photographs from rich and poor schools, in countries including Argentina, Bhutan, Bolivia, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nepal, Norway, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom and the USA, Mollison also provides lively access for readers of all ages to issues of global diversity and inequality.