Toy Story

Italian photographer has traveled the world and photographed children from different countries together so beloved toys. "All children are quite similar in odnom- they love to play," says the photographer. But the way they play, can tell a lot about them. "Children from wealthier families possessive. At first they did not want me to touch their toys and it took me a while before they let me play with them. In poor countries, it's much easier. Even if they have only one or two toy -nevazhno. They are much more likely to play with your friends on the street ».
Photo: Abel from Nopaltepec, Mexico. Abel- the third of five children born in a small town an hour's drive south-east of Mexico City. In this photo he is shown with all their toys. He likes to play with cars and inogda- with his sister.





But as far as breaking with toys, here, almost all children are the same. Galimberti told how met six year old boy in Texas and four-year girl from Malawi, who believed that their plastic dinosaurs to protect them from the dangers that seemed to them, lie in wait for them nochyu.-by kidnepperov and poisonous insects, respectively.
In the picture: Callum, 4 years, Fairbanks, Alaska



The choice of a toy depends on the environment in which the child grows: for example, a boy from Beijing loved playing Monopoly, as he liked the idea of ​​the construction of hotels and houses, and the boy from rural areas in Mexico loved trucks because it is one day watched them depart in the morning on the sugar plantations.
Photo: Alessia, of Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italiya.Ee family owns the biggest farm in the city. She likes to play with the animals and help his grandfather on the farm. She feeds animals with their toy instruments.



First of all toys reflect the hopes, dreams, lifestyle buy them. "During my travels I have learned more about the parents than the children," says the photographer. Woman from Latvia, who earns a living by working as a taxi driver, buys his boy small cars; farmer from Italy buys his daughter plastic rakes, shovels, woks.
Photo: Arafa and Aisha, Bububu, Zanzibar. They sleep in the same bed, dressed in the same clothes, go to the same school and they share igrushki.Oni live in a two-room house, where each room-bedroom. Kitchen and a place to rest are on the street. On stene- portrait of the former president of Zanzibar.



Parents of Middle Asia and Votsoka forced their children to be photographed, even if children do not like and nervous, and parents from South America was told that I "can do whatever you want, if children do not object».
Photo: Allyn, El Nido, Philippines. She was born and grew up in a small town near Paliwal. In El Nido no hospitals, and she was born at home. She has a lot of toy animals and her favorite orange creature, she loves this color. White toy she does not like, because they get dirty quickly.



Except for the appearance of computer games over the past thirty years, toys have changed not so much. "I have often seen in children toys, similar to those that were in my childhood," says the photographer. "It was great though again to return to childhood.»
Photo: Betsayda, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She lived in the same house since birth until the earthquake did not destroy it. Both her parents are deaf, but fortunately, the girl herself heard. Now they live in a settlement in the country. This camp was built by the American organization NGO, which deals with the help of deaf people. About 90% of the residents of the camp-deaf. The girl wants to become a hairdresser and likes to do hairstyles for her doll, but unfortunately, her brother cut half doll hair.



Botlhe, Maun, Bosvana. The girl has a lot of friends and they all live near her small house in a residential complex, where only one toilet for four families. The girl has only one toy monkey, but she rarely plays with her, preferring to spend time with friends in the street.



Chiva, Malawi. Chiva lives in a small hut with his mother, father and sister. In the hut without electricity or running water. Chiva helps his mother carry water from the river. The village is about 50 kids and they all love to play with each other. She has only three toys that were presented to representatives of the NGO. Her favorite toy dinosaur, she believes that he can protect her from the dangerous animals.



Sun Qi Yi, Chongqing, China. She just turned three years, and it gave a lot of toys. She loves to play all and can not pick one favorite. Her parents say that she is very good at drawing and can become an artist when he grows up.



David, Valletta, Malta. David lives with his large family in a town 20 minutes away from the capital city of Malta. In the family for more than 10 people. He has an older brother and a younger sister, and each has its own bathroom. He does not have a favorite toy, he likes to play with everyone.



Elena, Tbilisi, Georgia. She was born in the south of Georgia, but now lives with her family in Tbilisi. She does not go to school, but already knows how to read and write. Her favorite toys are somehow connected with the school: pencils, notebooks, pens.



Eni, Boulder, Colorado. His father, an Italian, and his mother -amerikanka. The boy was born in Tuscany. His uncle, a musician and a boy likes to imitate him. He often plays his toy musical instruments, trying to play music from the "Batman" and "Spiderman." Sometimes he plays with his sister Anita and they represent that they have their own musical group.



Ernesto, Florence, Italy



Farid, Cairo, Egypt. Farid lives with his family in the eastern part Kaira- the richest part of the city. Her father works abroad in the oil company and earns well. Every time he comes home (five days per month), he brings her some toys. Her favorite toy polar bear, which she holds in her hands. His name is Peter, he came to her from Canada.



Jacqueline, Manila, Philippines. The girl has a lot of toys, but it is lyubimaya- fairy Tinkerbell, which she gave her best friend. Her father-photographer in the fashion and almost every day he takes pictures of his daughter. Jacqueline says that in the future wants to become a model.



Jeronimo, 4 years. Colombia



Julia, Tirana, Albania. Julia lives with her parents in a small apartment in the city center. Her father works at a gas station, and my mother-housewife. Both her parents are fluent in Italian, that they learned through the Italian channels. They want their daughter too soon to learn Italian. Julia loves to play with Barbie, but recently my father gave her a guitar, because she wants her to become a singer.



Kalesi, Fiji. Kalesi loves to cook for her dolls using a toy kitchen appliances. She st brother who goes to school and she also likes to play uchenitsu.Ona put small toys and paper in a backpack and go out into the garden, where there is a desk.



Keynor, Costa Rica. Keynor was born on the Caribbean coast, in Costa Rica. He lives three hundred meters from the beach and sometimes his mother lets him go for a swim together wasps his elder brother Deynorom. Pope Keynora loves toy cars, they had more than 200. The father gives Stra machines boy and now he has his own very small collection.



Li Yi Chen, Shenyang, China. He lives with his parents and grandmother in a small apartment in the south of the city. His favorite toy pistols. He also likes to yo-yo, as his favorite cartoon character uses a yo-yo as a weapon.



Louis 4 years. Bogota, Colombia



Lucas, Sydney. Lucas lives with her parents in a big house in the eastern part of the town. The first toy that his father gave him, it is a toy train. Since then, he loves railroads and trains, and he already impressive collection of toys. His favorite toy wooden railway. He says that when he grows up, wants to be an employee of the Sydney metro.



Moudi, Kalulushi, Zambia. Moudi was born in a small hut in a village near Kalulushi. She loves to play with his friends in the street, with whom she goes to school, where children learn the same class of three to ten years. In the village there are no restaurants, hotels, shops and a few children have toys. Once Moudi friends found a box of glasses, which quickly became their favorite toy.



Nyah, Managua, Nicaragua. At Nighy is a little toy kitchen appliances, but it is not boring to play with them. Of clay and grass it makes "cakes". She says that when she grows up, she will have its own restaurant, and he will be very popular with tourists.



Nico, Homer, Alaska. His father, a fisherman, and my mother-teacher. He loves to play Lego and other similar games.



Noel, Dallas, Texas. Noel-hundred percent Texan. He knows that when he grows up, it will become a pilot. He played only in airplanes and rarely Playstation- and then only in video games with the aircraft.



Norden, Massa, Morocco. Norden lives in a small town 40 km from Agadir. In the room where he plays, there is nothing except the carpet. Every day he wakes up and goes along with the other members of his family on the field, where they have a small plot of land. Most of the time he plays with his little dog, despite the fact that he has a toy.



Mikkel, 5 years. Bergen, Norway



Orly, Brownsville, Texas. His father was American, and his mother -meksikanka. He had never been to Mexico City, which is located 2 miles away from his home and his mother hopes that her son had never been there, because, according to her, is a dangerous place. The boy says that the dinosaurs on the walls can protect him from the Mexican kidnepperov.



Oscar, 7 years old, Bretfort-on-Avon, United Kingdom



Paul, Kyiv, Ukraine. Pavel has no doubt about who he wants to be when he vyrastet- already decided that would be a cop. Paul likes to play with his younger brother, whom he arrests, puts handcuffs on him, interrogates. Sometimes he lets his brother also be a cop, but only when his friends agree to play the role of "bad guys».



Puput, Bali, Indonesia. She had never seen his father, who died when her mother was five months pregnant. Her mother works as a cook in a small restaurant located two hundred yards from the house.



Ragnar, Reykjavik, Iceland. In Ragnar own little room in their big house. Mask obezyany- his favorite toy. He almost never plays with her younger sister.



Shair, Mumbai, India. The first three years of her life she lived in New York. the girl says in English, knows only a few words in Hindi, as her nanny speaks only in that language. Shair loves board games. From the height of the 18th floor, where it is flat, visible from almost the entire city.



Ralph, Riga, Latvia. "His name is Ralph, as the champion of Formula 1!" - Proudly tells his mother when the photographer asks, what is the name of her son. She works as a taxi driver for over 10 years and says he literally "born in the car." It often takes him to work with him. He loves toy cars and never get tired of them. Of course, his favorite multfilm- "Cars," which he revises once a week.



Ryan, Johannesburg, South Africa. Ryan with his parents and sister live within an hour's drive from the center of Johannesburg. He never went to school and did not go, because, according to his mother, she does not trust others to teach his son and wants to do it herself. Ryan likes to play Lego and build castles.



Sofia, 4 years. Bretford-on-Avon



Stella, Montecchio, Italy. Her father, an Italian mother -avstraliyka. They live outside the city in Tuscany. She loves to play with dolls and decorate them as well as myself to dress like a princess.



Taha, Beirut, Sofa. Taha was born in Palestine, but now with his family refugee living in Beirut. They live in slums along with the other 1,000 refugees. The boy has only one toy machine, she is his favorite.



Thalia Timumun, Algeria. Her parents work in a small travel agency, arrange tours of the desert a few tourists. Velosiped- birthday gift from her father, so now it is her favorite toy.



Taira, Stockholm, Sweden. Tyra lives in a beautiful wooden house with her parents and older sister. His favorite toy red plate and Dolls.



Fermina, 5 years. Montevideo, Uruguay.



Vacharopom, Bangkok, Thailand. Motorcycles-boy favorite toys



Virginia, Utah, USA. Virginia from a family of Mormons. She likes to play baseball with his younger brother. She throws the ball, and he must sweat it hit the bat, the only way, and not vice versa. Seam keeps her few animals geese and chickens. She loves to play with one of the geese.



Translated specifically for fishki.net

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