What Playgrounds Look Like Around the World
What is child’s play? That’s the tantalizing question photographer James Mollison took upon himself to answer when he revisited his old school in the UK for a photography project. That led to Mollison visiting 59 schools in 17 countries over a five-year span to capture the similarities and differences in playgrounds across the world for his new book, Playground. Here, an eye-opening look at how little ones spend recess at elementary schools across Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.
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Image: © James Mollison
United States
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Kenya
Valley View School, Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya
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Image: © James Mollison
UK
Hull Trinity House School, Hull, UK
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Image: © James Mollison
Norway
Utheim Skole, Kårvåg, Averøy, Norway
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Image: © James Mollison
Japan
Shohei Elementary School, Tokyo
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Image: © James Mollison
USA
St. Mary of the Assumption, Elementary School, Brookline, Massachusetts
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Image: © James Mollison
Sierra Leone
Kroo Bay Primary, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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