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WHO
Galimberti is a documentary
photographer based in Italy.
WHERE
In Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy,
five-year-old Alessia brings
feed for the Chianina cattle
that her family raises.
WHAT
The image is part of Galimberti’s
photo project Toy Stories,
published as a book in 2014.
On a visit to take pictures of a friend’s daughter,
Gabriele Galimberti found young Alessia playing
with toy tools. He asked her to pose with them—and
so began a 30-month project that took the National
Geographic photographer to 58 countries to make
portraits of children with their cherished playthings.
The photos show that “despite their diverse back-
grounds,” children have a similar love for special
toys, Galimberti says. Children were proud to show
him their toys, whether they had many or just a few.