David Uzochukwu, 16
“I’m from Austria, but I live in Brussels now. I started taking photographs when I was ten, on a family holiday. There’s intimacy to a photograph, like you’re looking through the artist’s eyes. It shows something real and tangible. Even if my work is quite abstract sometimes, that gap is great; it messes with your emotions.”
@daviduzochukwu
Gonçalo Alexandre, 17
“When I was 13 I bought a cheap point and shoot camera and started taking pictures of my friends and family in Portugal. Then I found Tumblr, discovered this whole new inspiring world, and began to take photography more seriously. Photography has become a medium of self-discovery for me. I think my generation is often misunderstood and not taken seriously. It’s very hard being young during the financial crisis. So I said to myself ‘They can shut us up but they can’t hide us.’ I started shooting Portuguese teens almost every single day so everyone can see how strong we are.”
@goncaloalexandr
Eden Bø Dower, 18
“I see a lot of things I like and am inspired by, and think photography is the most effective way to document it, whether that’s people, fashion, or architecture. I started taking pictures when I got a camera for Christmas at age 12 and haven’t stopped since. I’m interested in capturing the culture of young people growing up in Britain today. I shoot my friends a lot; there’s something about shooting young people who are trying to find themselves that is really interesting.
Tom Emmerson, 15
“I started taking pictures when I got my first smart phone two years ago, but only really took up photography properly in May this year. I always found the idea of being able to freeze a moment in time fascinating. Fashion informs my work, but street style can be boring, everyone wears the same stuff.”
@tom.emmerson
Isabella Newman, 16
“Photographs are the dream and the pinch at the same time. I get attached to movements that flicker with some pureness of emotion, so I feel a visceral need to hold on to them. Photography immortalizes that connection to those things. So then when you feel lonely, you still have your photographs — they’re your old friends.”
@bella_newman
