
Dorian, 12 years old, Amsterdam. Likes to make ollie’s on his skateboard. Listens to all kind of music. One of the last of his friends to become a member of social media.

Jedidja, 16 years old, Amsterdam. Will do audition for a study in music next month, just before her final exams at high school. She is the first and only person to be photographed four times during this project, since she had four times a different hairstyle.

Osoro, 11 years old, Nairobi. Photographed last week during a visit in Kenya, at Uhuru Park. Osoro wants to become a writer or a journalist. His life in the slum Kibera, however, will make it complicated to realize his dream.

Ainoa, Amsterdam. Photographed on her 13th birthday in Westerpark. She likes drawing and names Keith Haring as one of her hero’s. Metal is her music.

Tim, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Wants to become an actor. Plays handball. Big fan of the American television series Glee. Likes to take funny self portraits and publish them on social media.

Nicole, 23 years old, Amsterdam. On holidays in the city. Listens to reggae and R&B. Wants to become an alternative model and a professional skater. Says she enjoys going downhill the most while skating.

Romano, 18 years old, Amsterdam. Studies multi media design and still figuring out what is fitting best to him. Used to work for a model agency. Walked on a catwalk during a hair presentation of l’Oreal Paris.

Nina, 19 years old, Amsterdam. Model. Worked with several famous photographers and sees Anton Corbijn as her big hero. Wants to become an actress. Listens to Depeche Mode, Laura Marling, Beck and Nobody Beats The Drum.

Silver, 12 years old, Amsterdam. Guitar player. Started the band The Moose with some friends and already performed for a live audience. Likes to play the song Electric from the Dutch band Go Back To The Zoo. Also good in skateboarding. Favorite move: varial kick flip.

Inez, 11 years old, Amsterdam. Ballet dancer. Loves to read, from newspapers to books. Says she wants a job in which she only has to read. Also playing accordeon and rowing.

Gijs, 14 years old, Amsterdam. Likes mathematics and chemistry at school. About to start with athletics. Listens to metal and collect cacti.

Joshua, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Wants to become an architect. Plays basketball and is a skater.

Nienke, 14 years old, Amsterdam. Photographed when she was doing shopping in the busy Kalverstraat, Amsterdam’s main shopping street. Says she likes to play tennis.

Vincent, 12 years old, Amsterdam. Wants to become a lawyer or a member of the board from a financial institute. Likes to streetdance and to play basketball.

Laura, 16 years old, Amsterdam. Professional model. Also a photographer herself. Inspired by Vogue photographer Tim Walker she takes expressive portraits and asks her models to perform in strange movements. She also writes poetry.

Niels, 20 years old, ‘s Hertogenbosch. Inspired by the American jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. Studying trobone himself. Working at a company that gives blind people a complete new system to visualize the world around him.

Jason, 23 years old, Amsterdam. Professional dancer at 020 and working with Laurent Flament, a member of the jury of the Dutch tv-show The Ultimate Dance Battle. Also an actor. Plays the lead in the movie Ataraxia, which is expected to be in cinema next autumn.

Mathilde, 11 years old, Amsterdam. Pay attention to her special chain, self created (with Rubik’s Cube). Thinks about studying criminology. Visited a concert of the Dutch band Mallepietje & de Bimbo’s.

Rob, 18 years old, Amsterdam. Used to be a figure skater, but quitted because of the high costs. Now studying at a dance academy. Also a professional model.

Lars, 23 years old, Amsterdam. Photographed after the premiere of his short movie ‘Ochtendlicht’ (Warmth of the Morninglight) in cinema Kriterion. He is the director, scriptwriter and producer of this movie. Already working on another one. Also a photographer.

Raven, 15 years old, Amsterdam. Guitar player. Wants to become somebody in arts, from drawings to photography. Inspired by Andy Warhol. She really likes his work.
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