My Room

by John Thackeray

In 2010, John Thackwray started his long-term photographic project, the “My Room Project”. The concept is simple: photographing young men and women who were born in the 80’s and 90’s, in the places they sleep, all around the world, and interviewing them about lifestyle, local issues, education, religion, or love.

It naturally started with John’s friends in Paris, and little by little the project became bigger. More than a thousand candidates from 55 countries have already participated.  Some are rich, some are poor, some live in a traditional way, while some choose the modern lifestyle From a Buddhist temple of Nepal to a Native American  reservation, from a jail in Mexico to Palestinian refugee camps, John is documenting different lifestyle everywhere.

All these photographs are a testimony to the world that surrounds us. Combining visual anthropology and social photography, this conscious project make us aware of the diversity of lifestyles, destruction of our traditions and the rise of inequalities.

 
 
 

 

ROOM#256 – RYOKO – Tokyo – Japan

 

 

ROOM#829 – SALEH – Riyad – Saudi Arabia

 

 

ROOM#313 – FHA – Ban Saingam – Thailand

 

 

ROOM#474 – RAZIEH – Teheran – Iran

 

 

ROOM#219 – MALEEQ – New York – United States

 

 

ROOM#348 – ASHA – Bamansemilya – India

 

 

ROOM#416 – OLEG – Novosibirsk – Russia

 

 

ROOM#1058 – KHETIWE – Durban – South Africa

 

 

ROOM#1005 – RONIA – Chitungwiza – Zimbabwe

 

 

ROOM#024 – JOSEPH – Paris – France

 

 

ROOM#205 – GULLE – Istanbul – Turkey

 

 

ROOM#915 – JOSEE – Kigali – Rwanda

 

 

ROOM#117 – MAJA – Berlin – Germany

 

 

ROOM#365 – LALU – Varanasi – India

 

 

ROOM#798 – ESRAA – Le Caire – Egypt

 

 

ROOM#526 – CAMILLE – 27ans – Coiffeuse – Kingston – Jamaica

 

ROOM#385 – PEMA – Katmandu – Nepal

 

 

ROOM#192 – ANDREEA – Bucharest – Roumania

 

 

ROOM#1149 – OSIA – Ha Selomo – Lesotho

 

 

ROOM#466 – ELAHE – Teheran– Iran

 

 

ROOM#665 – MARCELLO – La Paz – Bolivia

 

 ROOM#290 – YUAN – Dali – China

Source: John Thackwray at https://myroomphotos.com/the-project/

https://myroomphotos.com/the-project/