Holly Wilson
Children's imagination was my initial influence for this project and I wanted to try and show this by photographing my subjects playing games. However seeing the results of my imagery, I was struck by how something as simple as children hiding in trees and bushes reminded me of one of the facets of childhood. I began to look at the subject of over protectiveness of children which is triggered by fear in parents caused by their belief that children are in more danger now of being abducted than they were twenty years ago. This fear is completely unfounded but is provoked by constant media coverage of child abduction cases. I was drawn to this topic surrounding children as a result of being acquainted with some families where this issue is evident, (although not in the families of children I photographed). Their claustrophobic hiding places of trees and bushes act as metaphors for a risk averse society, one that is controlled by fear, more concerned with restricting and overprotecting rather than creating a balanced world for their children to exist in. I believe children need to experience a balanced up-bringing, one that lets them live out their childhoods with a little room for freedom and imagination.
Oliver Atwell • Kyle Bentley • Jack Briggs-Miller • Myra Eagles • Shay Evans • Gemma Gaskins • Rory Geraghty • Nicolas Hughes • Lauren Elizabeth Jury • Georgina Kloss • Sam Mason • Emily Paterson • Jennifer Peel • Katherine Perrett • Laura Michelle Power • Carly Seller • Georgina Street • Elliott Wilcox • Holly Wilson • Jo Winney •
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