Discover youth culture through the lens of Gerard Wessel and André Bogaerts. This unique insight into teenage lifestyles juxtaposes the wild expressiveness of the nightlife scene captured in Wessel's photographs with intimate portraits of teenagers on the cusp of adulthood - all taken between 1981 and 2012.
There was a time when young people dressed like adults. But that changed in the 1950s, when young people began to develop their own distinctive style and break with adult conventions. They stood out on the streets of the cities and quickly became a popular subject for photographers. One of the first photographers in the Netherlands to focus on young people was Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990). Many others followed his example and captured images of the youth of their time.
February 16 to June 9, 2024
