What happens when hipsters and Muslims switch clothes? This was the starting point for the visual essay of Shirin Mirachor (founder of the online zeitgeist magazine GET ME) One basic idea, three couples and six personal portraits about today’s zeitgeist, religion, stereotyping and identity.
www.do-you-get-me.com/hipster/muslim/
Photo credits: Kasimir Szekeres
More info: do-you-get-me.com
DUO #1: Jan Willem - Aissam
Jan-Willem Ploegers (32), photographer, artist, born in 1983 in Zevenbergen (The Netherlands), parents born in The Netherlands.
Aissam Tallagui (19), barista – first year student accountancy, Born 1995 in Rotterdam, Parents Born in Morocco.
DUO #2: Tjeerd - Qasim
"Of all the subcultures we’ve heard about these last fifty years, the hipster has contributed the least to our society, except good coffee.”
Tjeerd Hendriks (31), Co-founder Groos, Born 1983 in Zwijndrecht, parents born in the Netherlands.
Qasim Arif (26), calligrapher and graphical designer
(Statiq Designs), born 1988 in Manchester, parents born in Pakistan.
(Statiq Designs), born 1988 in Manchester, parents born in Pakistan.
DUO #3: Mark - Stryder
Mark van der Noord (33), illustrator (Corkville), Born 1981 in Oss, Parents born in The Netherlands.
Stryder (25), spoken word artist, born 1989 in a refugee camp in Lebanon, parents born in Lebanon and Jordan