Toys are us | The Week


Toys are us | The Week

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Originally, Gabriele Galimberti was just going to photograph a girl who happened to be playing with her toys. But once the photographer laid the four-year-old's colorful plastic farm


tools around her, he saw potential. "Immediately," he says in his book's introduction, "there was something about the composition I liked." Thus began a 30-month,


58-country tour photographing children and their favorite toys. The resulting book, _Toy Stories: Photos of Children from Around the World and Their Favorite Things_, published by Abrams


Image, reveals a great deal about the world's diverse socio-economic realties through an incredibly simple and inclusive subject. After all, who among us didn't have a beloved


plaything — or ten — growing up? Here, a selection of Galimberti's sweet and fascinating photos. SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEEK Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus


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Children from Around the World and Their Favorite Things_ By Gabriele Galimberti Published by Abrams Image A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features


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