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Young in Prison (YiP) celebrates its 15th anniversary in Amsterdam

Young in Prison, YiP for short, is an international foundation that enables children and young people in conflict with the law to contribute positively to society through creative and sports development programmes, in prison and after release. Since 2002 YiP has been working with young prisoners, leading to the development of the COPOSO method: Contributing Positively to Society. COPOSO is based on the values of positivity, creativity, equality, inspiration, transparancy and honesty. YiP works on a personal level with young people and provides high energy workshops.

Young in Prison created a program in order to celebrate it’s 15th anniversary on October the 7th at Paradiso Noord in Amsterdam. This day starts with the annual YiPArt photo auction at 16:00 and ends with a party, with loads of (live) music until 03:00.

Young in Prison (YiP) celebrates its 15th anniversary in Amsterdam

No Picnic at Lake Isnik, Jw Kaldenbach, 2017

Valentina, Wendelien Daan, 2016

Frans Molenaar ‘Cirkel jas’ 1977, Sabrina Bongiovanni, 2015

Mutant Birds, Yellow Variety. Mimi Berlin, 2013.

Maurice Heesen, Shopping, 70 x 105 cm

(A -biased- selection of photographs, donated by 80 artists to the fundraiser auction at YiPArt 2017. Credits: photographers and YipArt)

The YiPArt Photo Auction 2017 is the biggest photography auction fundraiser in the Netherlands presenting 84 photo’s by 80 artists.

Last Tuesday (Sept 3rd, 2013) Studio Paradiso was launched. A book by Dutch photographer Max Natkiel and writer Dirk van Weelden, it contains more than 600 black and white portraits made of visitors (party goers) to Paradiso in Amsterdam in the eighties of the previous century (1979-1990).

Marc’s signed copy of Studio Paradiso

Studio Paradiso by Max Natkiel and Dirk van Weelden (via paradiso.nl)

Marc, aged 14 by Max Natkiel 1980s

Jasper by Max Natkiel 1980s

Robin by Max Natkiel 1980s

Youngsters by Max Natkiel 1980s

DJ Mulat aka Ronald Linger by Max Natkiel 1980s

Love the dirty sailor top at the rightside!!! by Max Natkiel 1980s

Retro sixties outfit on the right by Max Natkiel 1980s

Late eighties: New wavers by Max Natkiel 1980s

Paradiso is what they call THE Pop Temple of Amsterdam. In the early eighties mostly young punks and skinheads attended concerts of The Ramones, The Dead Kennedy’s and such. Natkiel captured this sub-culture in straight forwarded black and white photo’s.
Nowadays these kind of pictures are very common, and are known as street photography. In the early eighties it was a new thing. London based I-D Magazine started shooting “ordinary” or real life folk (mostly punks because that was in fashion) in their magazine, which was in black and white and was stapled together, but that’s another story………

Anyways, Studio Paradiso is a true reference document and, according to us at Mimi Berlin, a history book on fashion in the eighties. (text in French, Dutch and English Published by Voetnoot Publishers, ISBN-10 949173802X)

A selection of 40 portraits is on exhibit at the basement of the city archive of Amsterdam from September 3rd, 2013 till January 5th, 2014.
Thank you Marc for showing us this wonderful book!
PS
Max Natkiel (1942) is a youth worker nowadays. Paradiso Stills was published in 1986 and has the same topic as Studio Paradiso