███ and Willem
███ and Willem. Documentation of a youth chronicles the lives of the identical twins ███ and Willem, who were separated for ten years during their youth.
“The power of ███ and Willem ultimately derives from how succesfully it frustrates our desire to know more.”
– Jörg Colberg in FOAM Magazine #25 Traces, 2010.
“The project questions the nature and meaning of (photographical) documentation itself.”
– Frits Gierstberg in The Dutch Photobook, 2012.
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Winner
Bronze Medal Schönste Bücher Aus Aller Welt
2010
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Selection
The Best Dutch Book Designs
2010
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Special Mention
Dutch Doc Award
2011
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Selection
The Dutch Photo Book
The 120 most important Dutch photobooks since 1945
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Winner
Public Prize
Steenbergen Stipendium
2008
Winner
Bronze Medal Schönste Bücher Aus Aller Welt
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Selection
The Best Dutch Book Designs
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Special Mention
Dutch Doc Award
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Selection
The Dutch Photo Book
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Winner
Public Prize
Steenbergen Stipendium
The project questions modern family relationships and how identity is perceived through photography.
███ and his new parents have not granted permission to have their portraits used in the context of this documentation. Their faces and names are obscured.
Graphic design by Robin Uleman, Published by post editions in 2010, Edition of 500 English / 500 Dutch, Paperback, 184 pp, 16,8 x 23 cm, ISBN 9789460830099 (EN edition), ISBN 9789460830112 (NL edition)
Exhibition view at CBK Dordrecht, 2010
