Posts tagged ‘child’
Unconsciously Arbus ?
Pensando ad Arbus? A girl at Luxembourg Park. Paris, France, January 2016. © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
Roma day: smiling kids at school
Two happy kids at school. Today, 8th of April, is the Roma international day. The Roma contribution to European and world culture (music, for instance) is disproportionately large and barely known in comparison to their social position (unfortunately well diffused by the media…). Vogosca, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2012. © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
Lejla: words and people from Sarajevo
“Words and people from Sarajevo”, work in progress. Lejla works at Radio BIR in Sarajevo and has a music program for kids. She would like art and science to regain the attention they deserve in bosnian society. She would also like that more people could discover and appreciate Hayao’s animated movies. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 2014 © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
Eldin: words and people from Sarajevo
“Words and people from Sarajevo”, work in progress. Eldin, 13 years old, sells kleenex in the streets and bars of Sarajevo and goes to school. He told me that he has no parents, no brothers and sisters. His grandparents take care of him. His dream is to be a soccer player. His wish is to work in a bar but first he wants to finish secondary school. Cafe Alfonso. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 2014 © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
Mersiha: words and people from Sarajevo
“Words and people from Sarajevo”, work in progress. Mersiha Sahinbegovic, director of the primary school “Porodice efendije Ramic”, a school especially committed to the integration of minorities like roma community, wanted to stress that “there is no poverty like ignorance, there is no honour as knowledge” . Semizovac, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 2014 © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
Kids having fun: Universal Children’s Day
Kids from the Huampis indian community of Villa Gonçalo having fun. Today, the 20th of november, marks the day on which the United Nations adopted in 1989 the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The four core principles of the Convention are non-discrimination; devotion to the best interests of the child; the right to life, survival and development; and respect for the views of the child. Surprisingly, United States is one of only three countries in the world which have not ratified the Convention. Villa Gonçalo, Peru, April 2008 © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
Big celebration in Sarajevo: national football team goes to Brazil
Almost 10.000 of people joyfully invaded streets and squares of Sarajevo to celebrate, cheerfully and all night long, the Bosnia-Herzegovina qualification to the next football world cup in Brazil. For many Bosnians, the historic success represent a rare cause for celebration in a daily life marked by dramatic unemployment rate (almost 50%) and ethnic divisions.
The ironic notice “Skupljam pare za Brazil” (I collect money to go to Brazil) showed by a group of football fans, reminds us the local economic reality as well as the amazing ability of Bosnian to face hard life with good humour.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2013 © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
It’s raining men…
Kids playing in the Danube. Durnstein, Austria, August 2013 © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
Resting in the shade of a tree
Kids resting in the shade of a tree in the Nuraghes archaeological site of Serra Orrios in Sardinia. The “Nuraghi” are the main type of ancient megalithic building found in Sardinia, developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900-730 BC. Today it’s one of the symbols of the island and its distinctive culture, the Nuragic civilisation. Dorgali, Italy, July 2013 © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
Don’t forget Srebrenica
Every year, on July 11th, Srebrenica remembers one of the most horrific massacres in recent history. In 1995, during the Bosnian war, more than 8,000 Bosniaks – most of them, men – were brutally murdered by Bosnian Serb troops. In this small town of Bosnia and Herzegovina, every year hundreds of bodies are buried in a collective funeral attended silently by thousands of people. Most of them are women, wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, who survived from the murderous fury, and who gather at the memorial of Potocari to bid farewell to their loved ones. This woman is one of the faces of Srebrenica. Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 2010 © Luca Bonacini. Copyright: the pictures on this site are the property of the author and cannot be used without permission.
