Nadine from Egypt, A Child from Everywhere © Caroline Irby

The Museum of Childhood is not the place that you would necessary think of exploring stories of migration, displacement or belonging. But maybe it is the most natural place for that, especially when children are at the centrepiece of the journey, like in the exhibit, ‘A Child from Everywhere’

Photographer Caroline Irby spent one year tracking down a child born in every country in the world (now living in the UK), then photographed and interviewed each one.

Irby found children from 185 of the world’s 192 nations and asked each to tell their story in their own words. The children’s unique accounts of leaving their countries of origin, their hopes for a new life in the UK and their observations of cultural differences, provide a thought-provoking and often humorous insight into the effects of globalisation.

A selection of Irby’s visually and emotionally engaging photographs will be on display alongside a series of short films the artist made for Channel 4, which features a number of interviews with the children.

Be sure to check out this unique and surprisingly powerful exhibit, on until August 30th 2010.

V&A Museum of Childhood - Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9PA, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 8983 5200
FREE admission
Public Transit: less than 5 minutes walk from Bethnal Green underground station.