The “Toy Stories” Project

Enea - Boulder, Colorado

Enea – Boulder, Colorado

Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti spent 18 months taking photographs of children around the world posing with their most prized possessions. The project is called Toy Stories, and you can see a nice sampling of it here. 

All of the photos, along with a longer essay about the project, can be viewed on Mr. Galimberti’s website, here.

What a beautiful and thought-provoking project. As someone named Graeme Stuart writes in the comments section of the feature shoot article: “…It certainly highlights the differences in standard of living – but not necessarily quality of life.” How true.

Arafa & Aisha - Bububu, Zanzibar

Arafa & Aisha – Bububu, Zanzibar

Cun Zi Yi - Chongqing, China

Cun Zi Yi – Chongqing, China

Davide - La Valletta, Malta

Davide – La Valletta, Malta

Kalesi - Viseisei, Fiji Islands

Kalesi – Viseisei, Fiji Islands

Ragnar - Reykjavik, Iceland

Ragnar – Reykjavik, Iceland

Abel - Nopaltepec, Mexico

Abel – Nopaltepec, Mexico

Virginia - American Fork, Utah

Virginia – American Fork, Utah