Where Children Sleep presents English-born photographer James Mollison’s photographs of children’s bedrooms around the world – from the U.S.A., Mexico, Brazil, England, Italy, Israel and the West Bank, Kenya, Senegal, Lesotho, Nepal, China and India – alongside portraits of the children themselves.

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The differences between each child and his or her bedroom are striking: Kaya in Tokyo, whose proud mother spends $1,000 a month on her dresses; Bilal the Bedouin shepherd boy, who sleeps outdoors with his father’s herd of goats; and the Nepali girl Indira, who has worked in a granite quarry since she was three.

“I hope the book gives a glimpse into the lives some children are living in very diverse situations around the world; a chance to reflect on the inequality that exists, and realise just how lucky most of us in the developed world are,” – says James.

Website: jamesmollison.com | Book: Where Children Sleep

Dong, 9, Yunnan, China

Indira, 7, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bilal, 6, Wadi Abu Hindi, The West Bank

Ahkohxet, 8, Amazonia, Brazil

Alex, 9, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bikram, 9, Melamchi, Nepal

Tzvika, 9, Beitar Illit, The West Bank

Douha, 10, Hebron, The West Bank

Joey, 11, Kentucky, USA

Lamine, 12, Bounkiling village, Senegal

Prena, 14, Kathmandu, Nepal

Anonymous, 9, Ivory Coast

Rhiannon, 14, Darvel, Scotland

Nantio, 15, Lisamis, Northern Kenya

Risa, 15, Kyoto, Japan

Netu, 11, Kathmandu, Nepal

Roathy, 8, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Jasmine (Jazzy), 4, Kentucky, USA