Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions

Here is a brilliant piece of work from Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti produced from the convergence of art and journalism. Although these portraits are obviously staged, the juxtaposition of the photos taken of children around the world do succeed in telling a story and evoking quite the emotional response. Actually, what makes these images so profound and philosophically powerful, are the questions they elicit:

Why are we as individuals the way we are?
Is who we are predominantly defined by where we are from?
Are we predestined to become a product of our environment?  

At the same time, the photos portray a stunning depiction of the very raw, and life-affirming tragedy of global inequality. As a friend said, "Simple, yet cogent."