Growing Up in the New Age is the product of an inspiring research project by London-based photographer Marjolaine Ryley (born 1974), and stems from the artist's experience as a student at Kirkdale, an alternative school in London. -As a child my experience of education was shared with only a small number of children and I believe we experienced a unique 'social and ideological' experiment in education, - she states. Ryley's work explores unconventional communities around the world, from communes in the south of France to squatter villages in South London. Drawing on a range of...