![]() ![]() ![]() Nevertheless, Veenstra thinks this will make his research come alive. ‘She could have joined us in collecting data, but what she’s done is a much more interesting way of photographing, I feel.’įor Veenstra, it’s common to work with data of thousands of young people, while Clemens focuses on just a few dozen. ‘She did a great job of capturing how we live in a society in which we’re all too aware that we’re always at risk of being filmed or photographed’, he says. Veenstra is happy that Clemens went for this personal angle rather than follow the researchers in their work. Clemens also filmed conversations between small groups of young people talking about topics such as social media, the future, and friendship. She printed the photos in her studio and allowed the young people to write comments on them. ‘I gave them control over their own self-image.’ They were given a remote to take the pictures with. She invited around twenty young people to take pictures of themselves in a studio. I think the differences between generations are much smaller than people thinkĬlemens decided to portray the personal side of the story. Í still don’t really feel like an adult, however you’re supposed to define it.’ ![]() ‘I’m thirty years old, so not much older than the people in my photographs’, she says. Based on social ties, civic responsibilities, starting work, finding a partner, and running a household, the researchers determine to which extent some is an adult.Ĭlemens couldn’t identify with any of it. Veenstra and his colleagues told her about the ‘five pillars of growing up’. ‘Whereas to me, it feels entirely subjective.’ Five pillars ‘Scientists have a very objective view of what it means’, she says. ‘This exposition isn’t a direct visual representation of my research, but it does show how you can portray young people.’Ĭlemens, Veenstra, and his colleagues brainstormed about what growing up truly entails. ‘I’m interested in how much young people are focused on who they are’, says Veenstra. He’s been trying to uncover and understand their social networks. She turned to sociologist René Veenstra, whose research focuses on young people and how they influence each other through their behaviour. What does someone from the Bijlmer have in common with someone living in a village? ‘What does someone who lives in the Bijlmer in Amsterdam have in common with someone living in a small village in Groningen?’ ‘It’s a recurring theme in my work.’ Her interest led her to the question whether a generation can be considered a group. ‘I’ve always been interested in identity and groups’, she says. Growing upįor this year’s edition, photographer Robin Alysha Clemens focused on Generation Z and the theme of ‘growing up’. It’s part of the Imagining Science series, in which a photographer depicts a field of science from the UG every year. ‘Then again, I wrote them myself.’Ĭaspar is one of the subjects of the photo and video project Performing Adulthood, currently on exhibition at photography platform Noorderlicht. ‘I thought the comments were really mean’, he says. ‘Too formal!’ says another.Įconomics student Caspar van Rooijen was startled when he saw the photos and read the captions. The photos are captioned: ‘I’m no longer playing football!’ says one. In one, he stares out into nothing, deep in thought, in another, he’s cheering with his hands up in the air, and in a third, he’s got his hands behind his back as he looks into the camera. On the wall hangs a frame full of photos of a young man in various poses, some of them a little ludicrous. ![]()
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