Some photographs speak volumes about a particular lifestyle or personality of people. Passionate about travel, photographer John Thackwray, born in South Africa, has traveled the globe for months going to meet the local people.
My Room For his project, which will be pulled a book available at year end, in which the personal history of each subject will be told, he roved from France to Japan, passing through Romania, China, Brazil, Rwanda or Egypt.
Since 2010, Thackwray has photographed young people around the world in the most intimate of home site: your room. It started in Paris by installing the camera in the bedroom ceiling of some of his friends and slowly toured places as varied as a prison in Mexico, a slum in Nairobi or Palestinian refugee camp.
An invitation in the privacy of the inhabitants of these countries, giving sudden urges to travel and discovery. A selection of some photographs displayed in the book is available in the following article.
Ryoko – Tokyo, Japon
Yuan – Chine
Asha – Bamansemilya, Inde
Marcello – La Paz, Bolivie
Claudio – Rio, Brésil
Mohamed – Monastère Sainte-Catherine du Sinaï, Egypte
Ezekiel – Manyata, Kenya
Josée – Kigali, Rwanda
Osia – Selomo, Lesotho
Teherán, Irán
Riad, Arabia Saudita
Ban Saingilo, Tailandia
Joseph – Paris, France
Maleeq – New York, USA
Andrea – Bucarest, Roumanie
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