"When I Grow Up" is a series of pictures documenting the hopes of young people affected by humanitarian crises who are struggling to grow up in a world where their rights are regularly denied or abused.
Aged between 6 and 18 years old, the children and youth are photographed dressing up in the outfits of the adults they want to become.
“When I Grow Up”, launched on World Humanitarian Day on August 19 by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is on display in two locations in New York: the Visitor’s Lobby of the United Nations (7 August – 14 October) and in Brooklyn Bridge Park (16 August – 21 October), in collaboration with the New York City Parks department.
