The photo series Little Adults explores what it feels like to grow up as a privileged child in Russia, a country where its radical history still rules the daily life. It explores the recently growing society of the "Nouveau Riche" in which children are raised to become the "Elite." Photographing children of Russia's oligarchs reflects the extreme contrast between social hierarchies and touches on the control of family aspirations, ideas of normality, the loss of childhood, and the constant desire for fame.
Anna Skladmann works between New York and Moscow and has exhibited in Europe and the United States. She has been published in The New York Times and BusinessWeek, among others.