Amsterdam (17 photos)

Photographer Graham Jennings says:

This series offers a "snapshot" view of Amsterdam taken over an 18 month period when I lived in the Netherlands. The images show people and scenes I "stumbled upon" on normal days walking round with a camera and on Festival days like Queens day (the Queens Birthday in Holland) where I deliberately went out to find certain types of people.

I was interested in showing how people celebrated Queens day and the diversity of people wearing costumes and outfits in this enormous "fancy dress", alcohol fueled party on the streets of the city.I attended many festivals including "Robodock" at the ADM Squat near Sloterdijk. This festival has grown in size over the past few years mainly by word of mouth as the squatters who organise it, have frequently faced threats of eviction including the previous owner attacking the building with a bulldozer early one morning while people where sleeping. I tried to capture this feeling of defiance with people determined to have fun and the anarchic elements which still exist in the city.

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