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).


"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."

Ayaan 12

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."

Abi 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."

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