In 2004 Chechens took siege of a Beslan school and killed and injured up to 1.000 people. There are about 1 million street kids in Moscow, infant death in Armenia is 36 to every 1.000 (in Scandinavia it’s 4) and procreating close to Chernobyl is risky for the next 3 million years. No wonder parents are grabbing their kids and getting the hell out. Going from one of the scariest places in the world to one of the safest would take the homesickness out of most kids, but not if you’re a native of the old Soviet Union.
Photographer: Anders Kylberg
Stylist: Lisa Sundström/LINKDetails
Thanks to Top Dance Studio and the Sonja Kovalevsky School, both in Stockholm.
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Shirt by Raf Simons, jeans, model’s own
Marcus
Top by H&M, shorts by Whyred, shoes by Wedins
Yana Blouse by See by Chloé, jeans by Blue Cult/Skindeep
Julia, 13, Russia: My dad is still in Russia because he couldn’t get a residence permit. I can’t wait to get to go see him, I think I will soon, maybe in just a month. But right now I’m trying to find an agency so I can work as a model, like Anastasia. And I don’t want to live in Russia. I want to live in Hollywood or Miami.
Blouse by See by Chloé, necklace by Cecilia Steiner, jeans by Whyred, shoes model’s own
Maria, dress by Sass & Bide, T-shirt by Acne, socks by Falke. Jana, top by Miu Miu, skirt by Tommy Hilfiger, socks, model’s own
