Children (48)

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Children all over the world are great photographic subjects; adults love looking at them because they represent all the hopes and dreams of humanity: the hope that we will live happy and full lives, the dreams that we will someday replace innocence for the cynicism that runs rampant, especially in the West. Children of the West African cocoa village are as beautiful and as charming as children anywhere else. Especially notable about them is their easy camaraderie. In a village, there are no fences, no judgments about who should play with home, no fear of razors in Halloween apples. Children are respected and treated gently, except in rare occasions.



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I call this picture "Beautiful Boy of Batteguedea." 2004











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Children of Batteguedea, Cote d'Ivoire. 2005.








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Children of Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2006.








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Boy of Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2006.











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Boys and girl of Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2006.











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Children of Depa, Cote d'Ivoire. 2006.








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Children of Depa, Cote d'Ivoire. 2006.











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Children of Depa, Cote d'Ivoire. 2006.








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Little girl of Galebre, Cote d'Ivoire, 2006.











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Little girl of Jukwah, Ghana, 2006.








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Little girls of Jukwah, Ghana, 2006.








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Boy and his toy. Jukwah, Ghana, 2006.











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Two girls. Jukwah, Ghana, 2006.








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A boy and his bucket. Adiyaw, Ghana, 2007.











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Girl of Adiyaw enjoys the living room furniture. Adiyaw, Ghana, 2007.







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Boy of Batteguedea, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007.








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Boy of Batteguedea, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007.








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Girl of Batteguedea, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007.










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Boy of Batteguedea, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007.











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Children in Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007. The tall girl is playing with a common toy: an imitation car made of a stick of bamboo to which is attached a set of wheels. Sometimes the other end has a steering wheel.




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Two girls of Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007.









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Young boy selling toothbrushes while demonstrating his prowess with the slingshot. Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007.










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Mom. Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007.










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Family. Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007.








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Children of Ebekawopa, Ghana, 2007;








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Girl of Gyaware, Ghana. 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson











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Children of Mmaniaye, Ghana, 2007.











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Children of Mmaniaye, Ghana, 2007.











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Two girls eating breakfast in Ebekawopa, Ghana, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.








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Two girls in Ebekawopa, Ghana, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson







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Two girls in Gyaware, Ghana, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson







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Group of children, Gyaware, Ghana, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson. Once again, a work of genius. Stan knew how to influence his subjects in such a way that he got the picture he wanted.





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Children bring produce to market or to sell alongside roads and highways. Nkawkaw, Ghana, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.






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Young girl. Batteguedea, Côte d'Ivoire, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.







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Two girls of Depa. Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.







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Goat Head and Children. Each child is reacting with a different emotion. Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.






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Two girls of Depa, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.











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Mmaniaye, Ghana, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.








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Children in Mmaniaye, Ghana, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.






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Girl and her oversize pan. Mmaniaye, Ghana, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.










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Children in Mmaniaye, Ghana, 2007. Photo by Stan Thompson.








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Children commonly do at least one hour of chores per day--like American children who grew up on a pre-International Harvester farm. One of the chores is doing the dishes. Here is how you do dishes in a Ghanaian or Ivorian village. Mmaniaye






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Children playing a typical West African game in a village about 5 hours west of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 2008.







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Children watching the carpenters, sitting in the window of the Lutheran church. Ebekawopa, Ghana, 2008.







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Dancers in Ebekawopa, Ghana, 2008.








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Boy of Mmaniaye, Ghana, 2008











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Children of Broguhe, Côte d'Ivoire, 2008.





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Children dancing
Ebekawopa, Ghana, 2011