𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟏𝟕 (𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲) is a photography project made by young people who, accompanied by professional photographers, portray both young and old people, and explore together what it means to be 17 years old.

A visual testament and source of inspiration for the project, Dutch director and photographer Johan van der Keuken's series of portrait photographs We are 17 (1955) documents the experiences of young people, capturing a complex picture of European society in the 1950s.

Now, almost seven decades after the publication of the We are 17 series, the cultural creation and transmission project We are 17 (21st century) establishes links between young people, photographers, cultural mediators and adults from different corners of Europe.

During the two We are 17 workshops coordinated by photographers Lorena Dumitrașcu and Melissa Ivana between February and May, we aimed to create the collective portraits of the two generations, free from stereotypes, but also to value each person separately, and to pay attention to his features and way of being.

The 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟏𝟕 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 presents a selection of portraits made by the participants of the two workshops.

Timișoara, Faber, Hall III
Period: June 4 - 16, 2024
Visiting hours: every day, 14:00 - 19:00
Free entry

→ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟎𝟒, 𝟏𝟔:𝟎𝟎

For group visits, you can make an appointment by filling out the form: https://forms.gle/vuv9tqnj66Ztf87t5.

The We are 17 years old project brought together 17-year-olds and seniors from 3 corners of Europe. Thus, a selection of photos from the collective photo exhibition We are 17 years old will travel from Timișoara to Vilnius and Barcelona, ​​as part of the final exhibitions.

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We are 17 (21st century) is a project coordinated by A Bao A Qu (Barcelona), in partnership with Asociația Culturală Contrasens (Timișoara) and Meno Avilys (Vilnius) and is co-financed by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the funding authority can be held responsible for them.

The project is part of the national cultural program "Timișoara - European Capital of Culture in 2023" and is financed by the Power Station+ | Școli creative, run by the Project Center of the Municipality of Timișoara, with amounts allocated from the state budget, through the budget from the Ministry of Culture.