Toy Stories

Toy Stories è un progetto fotografico di Gabriele Galimberti. Ma che nasconde risvolti antropologici, oltre ad osservazioni economiche e sociali. I bambini ritratti, con i loro giocattoli, hanno infatti dimostrato comportamenti diversi con il fotografo, e la voglia di condividerli non è sempre stata la stessa in ogni parte del mondo.

“The richest children were more possessive. At the beginning, they wouldn’t want me to touch their toys, and I would need more time before they would let me play with them,” says the Italian, who would often join in with a child’s games before arranging the toys and taking the photograph. “In poor countries, it was much easier. Even if they only had two or three toys, they didn’t really care. In Africa, the kids would mostly play with their friends outside.”