Feral Children is one of the latest projects by photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten, taking on the challenge of trying to capture her thoughts photographically about the isolation under which young children find themselves.
"I chose 15 cases to portray, these range from a girl who as a toddler was confined by her parents to a potty chair for ten years to that of a baby boy who was stolen by a leopardess and found three years later in the company of her and her latest cubs", explains Julia.
The idea behind the collection of images was not to replicate the exact scenes, but to interpret and duplicate the feelings and actions of each feral child living their experiences. It goes without saying that the result is a collection of images that are both fascinating and thought-provoking, and it's a project that Happy Finish artists Nick Nedeljkovic and Stefano Cherubini were proud to be a part of.
The work has so far been extremely well received, and has already been featured as part of BBC Culture. Scroll to the right of this page to see all 15 images.
Credits
Photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten
Retouch Stefano Cherubini & Nick Nedeljkovic
For more of our work with Julia click here.