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When I Grow Up is a unique photography exhibition that lets you sneak a peak for the first time ever into the childhood dreams 20 famous celebrities. Hosted by The Children’s Society and photographed by award winning photographer David Chancellor.
This free exhibition can be seen at The Hospital, Covent Garden March 28-April 10 2007.
The Children’s Society asked well known individuals including; Cherie Blair, Dame Judi Dench, Beverley Knight, Irvine Welsh and Graham Norton, what did you want to be when you grew up?
This is the first time any of the sitters have been asked this question and photographed like this. Their real childhood dreams revealed a few surprises along the way on what they wanted to do. Portrayed as what they hoped to be as children, contrasts strongly with what they have become, revealing another side to the people we see in our living rooms every day on TV and in the newspaper.
The images sit alongside four images of the children the charity works with photographed as themselves. When I Grow Up highlights that regardless of background all children have the right to dream. The Children’s Society believes that all children should be enabled to walk a path that allows them to embrace opportunity and meet the best possible future.
The charity works with some of the country’s most vulnerable children, young runaways, children in trouble with the law, children with disabilities and young refugees and asylum seekers. The Children’s Society helps these children to find their voice and share their views to help shape the laws that govern them and enable them to live independently and safely.
For more information on The Children’s Society, please visit -
www.childrenssociety.org.uk
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