Amazing kids photographic project showing gender differences, The Pink and Blue project

Posted on April 23, 2012 by smudgetikka

Thanks to the Arts blog Chicqero for alerting me to this brilliant project by Korean photographer JeongMee Yoon exploring the gender preferences for the colours pink and blue.

It began when his daughter started to only want to wear pink clothes and play with pink toys at 5 years old, he discovered the universal truth that no matter what their ethnicity so did many other girls and boys only wanted or preferred blue and so began the project in 2005 which is still ongoing today.

The pictures are an amazing exploration of what is available in today’s world and not only show the gender colour preference but just how many things today’s consumerist children acquire in their young lives.

Alexandra and her Pink Things 2006 by JongMee Yoon

Haewook and his Blue Things 2007

Dayeun and her Pink Things 2007

Jake and his Blue Things 2006

SeaWoo and her Pink Things 2006

Hojun and his Blue Things 2007

Lauren and Carolyn and their Pink Things 2006

Sunjae and Seungjae and their Blue Things 2008

Brooklyn Flea market, great for vintage kids chairs and toy’s and some cute children’s fashion too.

Posted on November 4, 2011 by smudgetikka

Venturing over the river is not something many visitors to Manhattan do and with good reason as it can be hard to get a taxi back again and the trains can be a hairy ride but having taxied over to the Brooklyn Flea market at Kent and North 6th St I discovered a great way to get there.

The Flea market is situated on the banks of the East River with Manhattan views and is right next to the landing stage for the new NY Waterway Ferry service from East 34th St to Brooklyn. As well as the easiest journey you also get a fantastic view of the Manhattan skyline.

The Flea itself is fairly upmarket with vintage traders. lots of food stalls and new small traders making their own merchandise, great for vintage kids chairs, books and toys and also look out for re-worked vintage fabric kids clothes from Dolls and Robots , whacky T-shirts for kids and adults from Gnome Enterprises, and cute soft toys from Kate Durkin.

For those so inclined there is a good selection of animal trophy heads too! Another goos point, it doesn’t start till 10.00am so you don’t have to haul yourself up out of bed too early, in fact I was there at 10.30 and stall holders were still setting up.

Sunday 10am – 5pm Brooklyn Flea, Williamsburg east river water front (btw. N 6th and N 7th) Brooklyn, NY