Hello everyone. I am Uğur Gallenkuş, an Istanbul-based digital artist. I create collages juxtaposing two images including the work of some of today’s most intrepid photojournalists.
By contrasting images of different realities, I aim to show a range of intensely relevant issues affecting today’s children: from war to poverty, hunger, child trafficking, child labor, child soldiers, immigration, healthcare, and education. Violation of basic children's rights compelled me to publish this book that shows two sides of humanity that we have collectively created.
One question we all at some point ask, especially when we understand what it means to be a parent, is this: What legacy are we leaving the children of the world?
The book takes the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children, enforced since 1990, as its foundation, aiming through these 50 collages to convey the essential rights each child should have, regardless of their circumstances or geography. Each collage represents one of the U.N.-determined rights of children and is accompanied by statistics indicating the pressing realities putting children in danger worldwide.
With this book, I hope to inspire a shift in the consciousness of adults, inviting us all to leave our greed and egos behind and make the world a better place for today’s children.
This book is dedicated to all children in the world: poor or rich, in developed countries or undeveloped countries, educated or uneducated, hungry or obese, or dead or living.
This book is a CALL TO ACTION!
#21 Children Are Children First - Balloons
Syrian children run with balloons past heavily damaged buildings in the neighbourhood of Jobar on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on April 9, 2016.
Editorial Photo: Amer Almohibany
34points
#22 Duality View
A refugee girl observes the sunset at Dibaga Refugee Camp. Iraqis caught in Islamic State crossfire flee to refugee camps near Mosul. The conflict has left behind deep scars in the psyche of children and it has reversed more than two decades of expansion of access to education. August, Iraq, 2016.
Editorial Photo: Diego Ibarra Sanchez
33points
#23 Salvation
A child with dengue fever holds a doctor's hand in Jalozai, Pakistan, 2012.
Editorial Photo: Diego Ibarra Sanchez
33points
#24 Born Fighter
In Hajjah City in Yemen, MSF (Doctors Without Borders) has been supporting the maternity ward since August 2015. This newborn already has a big story behind him: his mother, Asima, 21 years old, suffered from eclampsia from her fifth month of pregnancy. In her eighth month, she had severe headaches and swelling in her limbs. The doctors had to perform a cesarean to save her life and that of her baby. August 13, 2018.
Editorial Photo: Mohammed Almahdi/MSF
30points
#25
Kanyaruchinya refugee camp in Goma in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on October 20, 2012.
Editorial Photo: Marco Gualazzini
29points
#26 Labor Of Love
The hands of a Bangladeshi child laborer working in heavy industry.
Editorial Photo: KM Asad
29points
#27 Dedication
In 2014, MSF (Doctors Without Borders) assisted the JDJ Memorial Hospital in Monrovia with maternal and pediatric care under consideration of the Ebola outbreak. In 2015, MSF opened a Barnesville Junction Hospital in Monrovia to address gaps in pediatric care during the Ebola epidemic. The 92-bed hospital continues to provide specialized care for children coming from a large impoverished urban area with conditions such as malaria and severe acute malnutrition. It also serves as a training site for Liberian nurses, medical interns, and nurse anesthetists. February 4, 2015.
Editorial Photo: Yann Libessart/MSF
26points
#28 Food For Thought
Rohingya refugee children waiting for food at Hakimpara refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar.
Editorial Photo: K.M. Asad
23points
#29 Billowing Smoke, Bursting Bubbles
Smoke rises from the rebel-controlled district of Jobar in eastern Damascus following the airstrikes of Syrian regime forces on April 2, 2015.
Editorial Photo: Ammar Sulaiman
23points
