AGE OF WONDER - Portraits of young people in Bradford.

Artist in residence for Born In Bradford 

Age of Wonder – Portraits of Young People in Bradford, is an ongoing portrait project  by Carolyn Mendelsohn, Artist in Residence for Born In Bradford.

This photography series explores the lives of young people from 12 years old upwards, the first phase was taken during the pilot project based at Dixons Trinity Academy (kindly supported by The Leap and BiB).

Zara age 14

“I would love a happy life; to be able to express myself without anyone saying "oh you are not allowed to that" I would like to be an artist. Maybe in the future I could help people chase their dreams.” 
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Waleeja 15
"I am interested in being a dental technician, but my dream job would be an astronaut or a pilot to be honest. When I was younger, I just wanted to explore the world."
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Ayaan 12

"I wish that there wasn’t loads of pollution in the air and that people use other energy sources. They are using coal and things but they use wind energy, wind turbines and other things like solar energy.
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Krystal  13 
“I started dance when I was four years old. I do ballet and tap, I do jazz, pom cheer, and hip hop..When I am dancing it makes me feel relieved, like I forget about all the bad stuff that is going on…

I took part in this because I wanted to express myself and show who I really am to people, you don’t really get the opportunity to that."

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Abi 14

"One of my old ambitions was to be a palaeontologist, where the dig up bones of dinosaurs and stuff.
What I would actually like to be is I would like to be in the Army, on the ground. Not the navy or owt because I am not good at sea or heights."
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Abdallah 14

"My dream is to be like my dad because he Is a very successful man. My dad is very humble and very kind. He always works very hard, so he can feed us."

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Nour 15

"My ambition is to help people; I don't want anyone to feel stuck. I want everyone to have someone to talk to."

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