Man next door

Abstract

Kid was 42 when he died. His life had been turbulent: he was banned from seeing his young son, suffered a drugs and alcohol addiction, and often just roamed the streets. During the period that they were each other's neighbours in the Utrecht district of Ondiep, photographer Rob Hornstra (1975) and Kid developed a close bond. Hornstra's project to document Kid's life is now on display at Centraal Museum. With his photographs, Hornstra not only wants to offer a glimpse of the life of a young lad in a working class neighbourhood, but he also investigates the stigmas attached to such neighbourhoods. By showing different sides to Kid, his photographs make one wonder: how well do you really know the person that lives next door? Exhibition: Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands (02.12.2017-04.03.2018).