A Child from Everywhere
May 8, 2010 § Leave a Comment
Photographs by Caroline Irby
7 May – 30 August 2010
Photographer Caroline Irby spent one year tracking down a child born in every country in the world, then photographed and interviewed each one.
Nadine from Egypt, A Child from Everywhere © Caroline Irby
Caroline found children from 185 of the world’s 192 nations and asked each to tell their story in their own words. The children’s unique accounts of leaving their countries of origin, their hopes for a new life in the UK and their observations of cultural differences, provide a thought-provoking and often humorous insight into the effects of globalisation.
A selection of Irby’s visually and emotionally engaging photographs will be on display alongside a series of short films the artist made for Channel 4, which features a number of interviews with the children.
V&A Museum of Childhood
Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9PA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 8983 5200
Email: moc@vam.ac.uk
FREE admission
Open 10.00-17.45 Monday-Sunday (last admission 17.30) including 10.00-21.00 on the first Thursday of every month.
Caroline Irby Biography
Caroline Irby (b.1977) had her most intense photographic lesson at 18 when she worked at Magnum in Paris three months immersed in great composition and surrounded by her heroes. After graduating in French and Philosophy from Edinburgh University in 2000, she entered the world of photography. She has been published in The Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian Magazine, The Observer Magazine, Marie Claire, and The Independent among others. Caroline also works for aid agencies including Save the Children, UNICEF and Oxfam alongside commercial assignments. Her work has received awards from the Observer Hodge, the BBC and The Commonwealth Photographic Awards and has been exhibited in the UK and internationally. Caroline was a member of Network Photographers until 2005 and is now represented by Abby Johnston.
For more information about Caroline’s work, please visit www.carolineirby.com
