All Sorts of Wrong…
Wed, 29 Aug 2012

In the Playroom is a metaphor for the impossibility of a protective space safe from the reach of modern media. The quizzical disposition of youth and the pervasive nature of the media are symbolically represented in Hobin’s images through tableau-vivant re-enactments of the very current events that adults might wish to keep out of their child’s world. Just as children make a game of pretending to be adults as a way to prepare and ultimately take on these roles in later life, so too do they explore things that they hear or see, whether or not they completely understand the magnitude of the event or the implications of their play.

So Canadian photographer Jonathan Hobin‘s now project is called In The Playroom and depicts images of kids playing as kids do. The exception though? Rather than the traditional imaginary play time, these kids are re-enacting scenes from infamous events and media events in history… crazy.

More at Designboom via petapixel

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