Photographer Niki Boon is living with her four children on a 10-acre property in New Zealand and tries to document their everyday carefree life in natural environment. Her children aren't schooled and she believes that they "are right where they belong covered in mud." As a gift, Niki gives each child a pile of their photos on his or her birthday as these photos are a little treasure which will later tell their childhood stories.
“My children are unschooled and live without TV or modern electronic devices”
This is a “lifestyle that may seem unconventional to some”
“But I am here to celebrate the magical place I choose to live with my family”
“I photograph as physical record of their childhood, life as it is…”
“the real…”
“but also as a reflection of a childhood rooted deep in my own past”
“…a most sincere place of freedom”
“A childhood I now pass on to my own children”
“Although deeply personal I believe that others will also connect to some aspect of their own childhood…”
“I believe my children are right where they belong covered in mud”
“running and living through nature”
“They belong here wild and free”
“where the landscape begins and their little souls end”
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