The South Korean photographer YeongMee Yoon was inspired by her 5 year old daughter, Saewoo. Who loved everything pink.
Here she is with her stuff. This is from the New York Times: "As a setting for a portrait, Ms. Yoon assembled all of her daughter’s pink possessions — stuffed animals, dolls, plastic toys, books, clothes, jewelry, makeup and school supplies — into an orderly display. Seowoo’s bedroom was transformed into a pink kingdom for a child queen."
She then moved on to photograph boys and theirs. The NYT continues: "The themes of gender difference and compulsive shopping scream out from these portraits, but more subtle themes are also apparent. The children, both Asian and non-Asian, collect toys that are both Asian and non-Asian: “Hello Kitty” and anime action figures appear as often as Barbie and Superman. Mass-produced items sit beside family keepsakes — the traditional Korean dress called the hanbok or a hand-me-down, smocked party dress. Children of all ages are hooked on pink and blue, a trend ensured by parents who begin collecting for sons and daughters when they are infants. The project touches raw cultural nerves while delighting the eye and coercing a smile."
Here is Seyoon and his meagre plastic possessions.
Via The NYT
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Ugh, disgusting view on how some kids are raised, in SK and elsewhere, to be complete and utter brats with WAY too much shit. BTW, boys here are VERY into pink. I cannot imagine a 15 year-old boy in SA, Europe, the UK or USA wearing fluffy pink bunny slippers to school, and still be one of the cool kids.
Sheesh this is terrifying. The crap that we buy our kids, and ourselves! Am disappointed though, in how little lego there is, and how few books the girls have.