Dutch Youths A Project by justin jin for the Rijksmuseum

In 2004, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and NRC Handelsblad jointly commissioned Justin to document young people in the Netherlands. Justin followed three people he met during his search, all 16 years old. (Click on the small images to see larger versions)

Amsterdam
With friends in Amsterdam
On this girl's 16th birthday, her mother cooked her a meal and said she must leave home because the mother could no longer take care of her.
Skipping school.
On her first day at a vocational college after dropping out of gymnasium.
Haken, in his room at home in Amsterdam
Sister
Roderick, 16, smokes a cigar outside school in Bussum.
Detention
Night out in Amsterdam
Bussum.
Roderick at a school camp