Tag Archives: Rewilding Childhood

Let’s hear it for child labour!

Between them, my children enjoyed almost 9 weeks of holidays from school this summer, straining even my adaptability as a freelancer. Nevertheless, they were pressed into service a number of times for pictures for Rewilding Childhood, albeit at some expense … Continue reading

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Harmony

-in this case with American photographer Clay Bolt on his most recent posting about the the dumbing down of nature programming in the US, amongst other things. Go over and have a look!

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Rewilding Childhood concepts. 3.

It is embarrassing how long some pictures take to be realised. This one, for example, was conceived about 3 years ago and I even bought the white forensic/ interior decorator suits in Estonia at the time, only for them  to … Continue reading

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Finger flowers. 2004.

A fore-runner of the main work for Rewilding Childhood, I made this picture of my son’s hand bedecked with foxglove blooms before I knew that the Swedish name for this plant is in fact “finger flower”. The inspiration come from … Continue reading

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Rewilding Childhood concepts. 2.

Rewilding Childhood? How about “rewiring childhood”? Just like electrical appliances, children need to be correctly wired for optimal performance… It’s what they are connected to that matters. Ideally, it’s brown to Earth, blue to Sky and green/yellow to the Green … Continue reading

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Rewilding Childhood concepts. 1.

                        If you are familiar with Richard Louv’s influential book, “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder,” you may recognise the inspiration for this … Continue reading

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Troll spotting. 2.

The eyes I currently use are weighted to rotate to the sky every time, meaning that all the trolls I have “found” so far have been shot from directly above. A new source of non-rotating scary eyes, to please a young audience, is now … Continue reading

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Troll spotting. 1.

                                                Forgive me if you find this a little juvenile, but that is in fact the target … Continue reading

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