Kids

Starting with photos of my own kids I was struck by the intensity with which they love their particular special thing. On taking more photos of my boys’ friends and classmates from our local school and kindy, the common humanity of needing to love was evident. Their special things offered them comfort or pride, friendship or love in return.

Despite the overt consumerism that seems to fill contemporary Australian children’s media, the special things were of no great monetary value, were at times thread worn and very rarely a ‘branded’ toy.

See Randy's other submission 'Neighbours' here

Randy Larcombe

Randy Larcombe has worked as a professional editorial and commercial photographer since 1994. For over a decade his work has featured in TIME, Sunday Life, Wallpaper*, Forbes, Women’s Weekly, The Financial Times UK, Good Weekend, The Australian Magazine, Australian Geographic and Adelaide* Magazine. The variety of his interests have led to him working in food, architecture and fashion but his first love is photographing people.

Randy Larcombe is based in Adelaide and travels extensively throughout Australia for work and to pursue his personal photographic projects.

www.randylarcombe.com.au