Sander, 18 years old, Amsterdam. Studies aviation engineering. Already as a kid he liked to repair or work with broken radios and televisions. Listens to death metal and metal core.
Annouk, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Wants to become a writer of novels. Just finished her first book, about reincarnation. She believes she is the reincarnation of another girl, who was killed at the age of 16 years old near the border of Amsterdam.
Enzo, 19 years old, Amsterdam. Describes himself as: “a philosofic, broke, guitarplaying, future pilot”. Likes to listen to the American rock band ‘3 Doors down’.
Gianni, 22 years old, Amsterdam. Photographed during a party in Trouw. Interested in fashion, styling and design. Has been a model several times. Wears a hoodie designed by his sister.
Merel, 13 years old, Delfgauw. Likes to make music on her flute. Thinks about working in a hospital to take care for children when she is grown up.
Thomas, 14 years old, Delfgauw. Active swimmer and volleyball player. Thinking about becoming an architect or interior designer. Favorite movie: Dragonheart.
Babeth, 19 years old, Amsterdam. Studies Cultural Heritage. Now a trainee at Foam, museum for photography in Amsterdam. Wants to become a photographeer herself. She likes the works of Sally Mann, particular her series about her children (‘Immediate Family’).
Goos, 11 years old, Amsterdam. Helped building architectural constructions of bamboo around a wooden bicylce track at Westerpark (a project of Mediamatic, Antoon Versteegde and DUS Architects). Learning aikido. He wants to become a lawyer in future, “because it is an important job”.
Mano, 13 years old, Amsterdam. Performs in the semi-final of the National Junior Song Festival in the Netherlands, next Saturday (please, vote for him!). Photographed after his last singing lesson before the liveshow on national television.
Ira, 22 years old, St. Petersburg, Russia. She likes metal and rock music, and plays guitar herself. For a living Ira makes decorative paintings in houses.
Ilya, 15 years old, St. Petersburg, Russia. Since one year going to a school for circusartists. Likes to become a clown or an acrobatic. Not yet specialised in dancing on ropes.
Emil, 18 years old, St. Petersburg, Russia. Studies government-administration, and dreams to reach the highest level in Russia: become a future president. Would also like to preform as a rock artist. Favorite bands include 30 Seconds to Mars, Sex Pistols and Queen.
Dmitry, 21 years old, St. Petersburg, Russia. Barrista by profession, but interested in other cultures. Is studying Japanese history as a hobby. Working on a career in the musicindustry: he wants to become a technician or a producer. Listens to all kind of music, including death metal and jazz.
Maxim, 19 years old, St. Petersburg, Russia. Studies history of arts in Moscow. Also interested in taking photos. Likes to combine Medieval legends with contomperary photography.
Sam, 13 years old, Amsterdam. Wants to become an actor, not in cinema or on tv, but on stage. Latest drama he saw was a play in a theatre in Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Forest).
Maja, 24 years old, Amsterdam. Made a documentary about transgenderim and work for TranScreen Film Festival. Likes alternative rock, punk music, Virginia Woolf, The Smiths and Little Britain. Became Master of Arts at the University of Amsterdam last year.
Rosa, 13 years old, Amsterdam. Plays piano: Van Beethoven and Mozart in the past, the Beatles and other pop music now. Wants to become a journalist, because she wants to learn more about people and ask them questions.
Theo, 18 years old, Amsterdam. Defines himself as a musician. Plays guitar in two bands: Eden to Ashes, a progressive death metal band, and Der Nimwegen Metal Allianz, so called Deutsches Party Metal. This last band started as a joke and is a parody on Rammstein.
Esther, 17 years old, Amsterdam. Wanted to a become a detective at the police force, but she changed plans. Member of the Scouting. Listens to Greenday and Metallica.
Jordi, 21 years old, Amsterdam. Organizer of trendy parties, including the infamous M.U.L.T.I.S.E.X.I. Likes David Bowie as well as Lady Gaga. Movies: Spirited Away and Where the Wild Things Are. Obviously interested in fashion.
Esther, 13 years old, Amsterdam. Midfielder in football. Likes to listen to Coldplay. Wants to become an oncologist for children, because she believes her future job should be something good for kids.
Jorg, 16 years old, Amsterdam. Model for Karnibal, a new fashion brand that will be launched next week. Started last monday with his study photography.
Annelea, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Likes to make drawings from people. Her favorite drawing is from musicians James Owen Sullivan. This drummer, also called The Rev, played in the American metal band Avenged Sevenfold and died last year at the age of 28 years.
Yannick and Colin, both 16 years old, Amsterdam. Mind the T-shirts they are wearing: together the shirts form their new invented word ‘individuo’. They printed it to celebrate that they are best friends. Yannick likes to play songs from Slipknot on his guitar, Colin wants to become a designer.
Calvin, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Doubting between a study in journalism or photography at the art academy in Utrecht, in his vision the art academy fits best to his interests. Very active on internet: he runs several communities on the Dutch social network Hyves.
Morana, 13 years old, Amsterdam. Her favorite book is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time from Mark Haddon, about an autistic boy that investigates the murder of a dog. Morana wants to become a nurse for autistic children or a writer of novels. Wearing a keychain-puppet from Czech Republic around her neck.
Zhengxi, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Rowing is her sport. Wanted to become a photographer of people, but believes she can’t make a living out of it. Now thinks to study drama and become an actress.
Melle, 17 years old, Amsterdam. Studied all kind of dances. Started at the age of nine with tap dance. After that he joined the Nationale Balletacademie, for classic ballet. He continued with jazz ballet and hip hop. Finished his high school and ready to study mime at the Theateracademie.
Louie, 13 years old, Amsterdam. Busy to ‘ping’ some friends about daily issues with his Blackberry. Wants to become a deejay. Prefer house music to listen to.
Jedidja, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Has been photographed before for this project. Her new haircut made me want to take another portrait of her. Wants to become a photographer. Likes the work of Ari Marcopoulos.
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