Julia Gat’s decade-long project invites us to reimagine what we define as learning

 

© Julia Gat. Julia Gat’s decade-long project invites us to reimagine what we define as learning Khamsa Khamsa Khamsa documents the photographer’s family and “intimate bubble” of friends and neighbours who also pursued an alternative route to education. For the first seven years of their lives, the children were encouraged to play – to immerse themselves in activities and socialising.  “We grew up in a bubble,” she says. “A self-created world, playing games and inventing characters.” From the age of 14, they were encouraged to pursue a certain path. Her two youngest siblings are still figuring out their passions; the second eldest Nina is pursuing a career as a jazz pianist; and for Gat, it was photography.