Rik, 19 years old, Amsterdam. Favorite movie: Blair Witch Project. Studies fashion design in Zwolle. Likes to make a crossover between haute couture and streetstyle. Including non-textile textures like paper or wood.
Jerry, 16 years old, Amsterdam. Interested in tattoos and piercings. Wants to become a successful bassist in a metal band. Otherwise he likes to have a job in which he can work with young children.
Lewis, 20 years old, and Kei Kei, 18 years old, Amsterdam. Lewis likes basketball and Alice Cooper. Kei Kei is addicted to British fashion designer Alexander McQueen. And she is an artistic drawer.
Zamira, 14 years old, Amsterdam. Wants to become an actress. Not in plays, but more on television or in movies. Favorite movie: ‘Moulin Rouge’, with Nicole Kidman.
Bram, 20 years old, Amsterdam. Has piercings and tattoos all over his body. Says it is hard to find a job, but is happy Sandd allows him to be a postman. Also earns money with spitting and eating fire in the streets.
Luca, Amsterdam, today celebrating his 14th birthday. As long as he can remember he wants to become movie director. To practice he bought himself a ‘green screen’, a camera and software to edit. Recently removed his first video’s from You Tube, because he thinks he can do better. Likes to direct a movie about the mafia.
Beek, 14 years old, Amsterdam. Graffiti artist, signing his work with 13 K (to be seen behind him, on the right side of the photo). Also into making videos for You Tube. Launched his first animation video last spring and currently working on a short horror movie.
Tiffany, 13 years old, Amsterdam. Loves to sing and to dance. Also a football player. Plays on the right way of the field, in a competition for girls.
Mijske, 12 years old, Haarlem. Collects glittering objects, including stones. Likes to prepare food and wants to become a cook. Listens to jazz and rock music. Zodiac sign: taurus.
Louis, 16 years old, Amsterdam. Interested in photography. Modeled with his mother immediately after he was born for Rineke Dijkstra, for her famous series ‘New Mothers’. Just two weeks ago Dijkstra took another portrait of him for a sequel. Writing reviews and stories for the website moviezone.nl.
Dimitri, 18 years old, Amsterdam. Sailor, working at tall ship Mir and participating in Sail Amsterdam 2010. Mir has become the school ship of the Makarov Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg, training future navigators and engineers for the Russian merchant fleet.
Max, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Successful athlete in Limburg, specialised in 100 meters hurdles and longjump. Trains four days a week to get the best results.
Stephanie, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Likes hip-hop and breakdance. Just went to the city centre on the bike to buy some sweets.
David, 17 years old, Amsterdam. Dedicated to become a photographer. Inspired by Joost Vandebrug and Petrovsky @ Ramone. Photographed himself by known Dutch photographers like Ruud van der Peijl and Wouter Vandenbrink.
Alex, 16 years old, Amsterdam. Likes punkmusic, as his T-shirt of the Ramones obviously shows, and to discuss matters of life with friends. Says he is interested in philosophy.
Jeroen, 12 years old, Amsterdam. Training every day on his skateboard. Likes to become a professional skater. Favorite movement: fakey big flip.
Matilda, 16 years old, Amsterdam. Alternative girl from Bijlmer, where it is not very common to be different. She wears a ‘smiley’, a piercing in her palate near her upperlip.
Noah, 13 years old, Amsterdam. Wants to become a DJ. Likes techno and house. DJ’s that inspire him are Vato Gonzalez (The Dirty House Mixtapes) and Quirina.
Arizona, 15 years old, Rotterdam. Skatergirl. Likes to hang around with friends in Museumpark, near Boijmans Van Beuningen. Wants to become a pathologist.
Aran, 14 years old, Amsterdam. Photographed 5 minutes before departure of his train. Playing hockey. His T-shirt shows his favorite band: Run DMC. But he also likes Dutch singer Andre Hazes. Not yet a clue about his future.
Maxim, 16 years old, Amsterdam. Says he likes to go to hardcore parties. Got his first nose ring at the age of 12 years.
Marvin, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Born and raised in Berlin. Shopping is his biggest hobby. But he also likes foreign languages. Favorite singer: Mika.
Dylan, 16 years old, Amsterdam. Already six years following a preparatory course of the Nationale Balletacademie. Gets lessons in classical ballet technique on a daily base. Favorite dances: La Bayadère (classical) and Petit Mort (modern). Listens at home to Beyoncé.
Aaron, 20 years old, Amsterdam. Student Modern Dance. Inspired by the French ballet dancer Sylvie Guillem, who has her own contemporary dance theatre in London. Loves to dance on the song Culpa Mia from singer Concha Buika.
Lucienne, 21 years old, Amsterdam. Active in snowboarden, wakeboarden, kitesurfen and kickboxing. Meanwhile studying health sience.
Andy, 17 years, Amsterdam. Lad from Birmingham, UK. Says he’d like to live in Amsterdam with his girlfriend, because the city has a relaxed, laid back attitude. Listen to indie rock.
Yayoek and Robin, both 14 years old, Amsterdam. Yayoek (left) is a graffiti artist and a drawer. Robin likes acting for a local theatre and wants to become a doctor for Médecins Sans Frontière (Doctors without Borders). Often visiting music festivals together.
Siard, 14 years old, Amsterdam. Preparing for a big meeting of members of websociety Hyves in Vondelpark, Amsterdam, next Saturday. Likes screamo and metal.
Mimi, 17 years old, Amsterdam. Has done some modeling for a hair saloon. Photographed in front of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
Marvin, 18 years old, Amsterdam. Listen to hardrock and screamo. Specialised in editing in Photoshop. But he also likes to draw with pencil and paper.
Jeffrey, 14 years old, Amsterdam. Doesn’t like music, books or movies, because he prefer to spend his time outside the house. Has three BMX-bikes and trains at a circuit for cycling cross in Bussum.
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