“Lino Hellings”

Lino Hellings is the artistic director of PAPA. She developed PAPA in a residency at Photo Press Agency Drik in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and in working with local photographers (with an international status) in PAPA-Labs in Lagos (Nigeria), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and Bishkek (Kyrgystan). 

Metro mam and son

Sao Paulo -  Metro green line. Sao Paulo 30th of November 2009. Lino Hellings…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Merchandise wholesalera€™s in gifts

Rotterdam -  Oz Akin Import-Export. Wholesaler’s in gifts-shop, mainly sells suitcases for newcomers. Also quilts, matrasses, carpets and curtains. Sale due to rebuilding. Rebuilding that is very much like Rotterdam! Lino Hellings…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Matrasses for rent

Rotterdam -  Recently al lot of Polish people started populating the Tarwewijk. In the evening the quarter fills up with cars carrying Polish numberplates. They do not work in Rotterdam but travel…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

Looser

Bishkek -  Tokio Hotel LOOSERS (noxu) 100 % is read on one of the storehouses. Does the fact that I can only read the English texts make me connect to the underground…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Landgrabbing?

Dhaka -  Nice apartments building arose across the street from the slums. Is it land grabbing? Just heard today 24 schools are under threat of land grabbing and two schools lost their…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

Kapsalon Adem

Rotterdam -  This kapsalon, the Dutch word for barbershop in the Dordtselaan is called Adem, which means breath in Dutch. In Arabic it is the mens name. The barbershop is filled with…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

Japies snackbar

Rotterdam -  Melancholy around Japies Snackbar expressed in newspaper on street Who has taken Japies place? And, does anyone care? Maureen Kamphuis 9th of April Rotterdam…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Interactive CD

The Hague -  Prins Clausplein. These thirty posts are a summary of the complete work made into an interactive CD for the city developers of The Hague. It is a shame we cannot…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Man holding baby and paint container.

Bishkek -  Today at sunday I see a lot of men and women carrying babies under their arms. Most of them sleeping. Not this one. In his hand the man holds a…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Live music

Rotterdam -  The railway station has been undergoing transformation for several years already. The billboard provides a glimpse into the future. Will you be allowed to play music in the new station…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Korsakov

The Hague -  Prins Clausplein. The Mansions on this side of the water are all being reused as hardly any private person can afford living in a big place like this anymore. This…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Job offer collegues

Rotterdam -  We are looking for collegues. Rotterdam Scaffolding Business. RSB 010-4781313 NO LIMITS TO QUALITY …
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Is this a surveillance camera or the picture of...

Rotterdam -  Everywhere in the Rotterdam centre you will find surveillance cameras. 'Do these cameras make life more safe ?', is the question our guide Godian asks himself. ‘We see you, we…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Inside out/ industrious birds.

Rotterdam -  These birds are very common in Dutch canals. They have the peculiar habit to build nests from everything drifting around in the water. Not only branches but food and plastics…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Lula

Sao Paulo -  The office wall of the Movimento Nacional Dos Catadores (MCNR).  is covered with photos of the last congress. Every photo features Lula, the president of Brazil. He hands out…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

Leeuwarden at work?

Rotterdam -  Around the corner from their minivan I find the workers from J&D cable systems. Not actually working either.…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Knowledge workers

Sao Paulo -  A catadore is a freelance rubbish collector of recyclable waste. The sorting begins on the street. The side of the cart is hung with pre-sorted ropes and rubbish sacks.…
Lino Hellings – Flyoverpapa

Job offer carpenter

Rotterdam -  Looking for carpenters. www.verweij-HT.nl or phone 0348-68 82 82.…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

Irrationalities as a way to escape

Ramallah -  Despite the overwhelming ways, life is controlled here (by the Israelis mostly) there are many irrationalities. Things that do not match. Families have a small child born in another country…
Lino Hellings – Ramallah Lab

Lost in the West

Bishkek -  On my first round in Bishkek on Saturday morning I found these children playing a game I did play in my youth as well. You draw a pattern with chalk…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Last supper.

Bishkek -  The men in the Christmas stall eat molded bread and uncooked noodles. Wodka is the main menu, starter and dessert. They are from a lot of different countries so they…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Kapsalon Halal Specialist

Rotterdam -  The text on the window puzzled me. Kapsalon (Barbershop) Halal specialist? How on earth can yo combine a kapsalon/barbershop with a snackbar for shoarma, pizzas and other specialities? I knew…
Lino Hellings – Migrationpapa

Jazz musician?

Sao Paulo -  Where to go to have your photocopies made in this administrative area of Sao Paulo.Interesting people to look at. This man could be a famous American artist, a Jazz…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab

iron shutters

Sao Paulo -  As the wheather is mostly soft with temperatures around 25 celsius, most shops have no shop windows or doors. When they are open at day time, they open up completely…
Lino Hellings – Sao Paulo Lab