Random Excellence: James Mollison

Eight-year-old Ahkohxet lives with his tribe in the Amazon basin in Brazil.
Photos by James Mollison.

This project (there is a small selection with this short article on Yahoo! and a more extensive one here) reminds me of that project a few years ago showing families around the world with the food they consume in an average week. An outstanding idea for a photography project, uncontrived yet visually eloquent, with obvious sociological interest and a touch of voyeurism too (or is it just me who feels that seeing peoples' bedrooms is just a tad uncomfortably like an invasion of privacy? I feel the same way on real estate house tours). Too bad the book is currently unavailable; I'd buy it.

Mike

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Comments

[Ken James]

Cool. I like it.

[hugo solo]

10.

[Roger Bradbury]

Fascinating. Since the text in the book was written and presented for 9-13 year olds I wanted to buy it and show it to my two youngest nephews. I also just wanted to buy it.

[Jeff Greer]

This reminded me of Material World: A Global Family Portrait, a 1995 photo book showing families the world over in front their abodes with all their possessions displayed about them.

[the other James]

I have to say I'm not impressed by the photos I've seen. They just seem...sloppy. And not in a good way.

[Kelvin]

What a great project. It's a simple idea but quite profound. Thanks for linking to this Mike - I'm interested in getting a copy now!

[Andrew]

Peter Menzel is the photographer who did the food project, "What the World Eats", he also did the "Material World" one.