STREETKIDS UNITED II: GIRLS FROM RIO
Makina Gallery, 17th July, 21:00
Photography Exhibition
The famous photographers Robin Utrecht and Marco Hofste have gone to Rio de Janeiro for the Street Child World Cup to take photographs of this tournament. An appealing photography exhibition, consisting of 8 photographs made by Robin and Marco, was created. These photographs were shown at different locations in Rio de Janeiro (e.g. during the World Cup in the hotel where the Dutch Football team stayed), Sao Paulo (e.g. Dutch Consulate), Amsterdam (e.g. Amsterdam ArenA, homebase of Football Club Ajax),
The Hague (e.g. Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and London. The exhibition shows, through the eyes of the street children, the positive impact of the Street Child World Cup on the children and the great potential in them.
The Photographers
Robin Utrecht is Dutch photographer. Since his start as a photographer in 1998 Robin won a large number of awards and from the start his photos make the frontpages regularly. He knows how to photograph his subjects in a creative, almost abstract style, regardless whether it concerns ordinary people or the Dutch royal family during state visits abroad. As a photojournalist, Robin is allround and covers subjects ranging from news items to sports and portraits to surveys in every part of the world. After finishing his studies Robin was employed by the local Dutch Newspaper Utrechts Nieuwsblad for three years. In 2001, he was contracted by the Dutch press agency ANP, where he was one of the main staff photographers till late 2011. He now is a freelance photographer at Robin Utrecht Photography. From the beginning of his career as a professional photographer, his pictures have been awarded many times. Up until now, Robin has won nineteen prizes in different categories of the annual Zilveren Camera competition for Dutch photojournalism. 3 of his photos were selected for the Zilveren Camera 2013 (categories: sport series, environment and domestic affairs). In 2002 Robin was chosen Dutch photojournalist of the year. The same year he also won the Prix de Brendrihem in Paris for the best political picture of the year and he was awarded first prize in the sports category of the Sony World Photography Awards in 2008 with a feature on the Sierra Leone amputee soccer team. Next to his work as a press-photographer, Robin displays his work frequently in exhibitions. One of his exhibitions was in Paleis Soestdijk, where pictures that Robin made of the Royal family ere shown.
Marco Hofste has accompanied Robin Utrecht during their trip to the Street Child World cup in Rio. The Dutch photographer won several awards including the Zilveren Camera.
Organisation
The photography exhibition is organised by Jamillah van der Hulst. Jamillah has organized two successful photography exhibitions before. She initiated a traveling photo exhibition for Sport 4 Development organization Right To Play in 2008. In that year the Beijing Olympic Summer Games started on 08-08-08. Jamillah organized a photography exhibition that was shown at 8 different locations for 8 days each. The exhibition ended at Schiphol at the gate where most flights to Beijing were leaving from. The photos were taken by Raymond Rutting at projects of Right To Play. The exhibition attracted a lot of media attention.
The second exhibition organized by Jamillah in 2010 was together with Robin Utrecht. Before, during and after the FIFA World Cup photographs of projects of Sport 4 Development organization Stars in their Eyes, taken by Robin, were shown at various locations in the Netherlands such as the Embassy of South-Africa, Schiphol Airport and S.S. De Rotterdam. This exhibition also received a lot of media attention.
