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Happy Birthday! Dutch Children’s Parties
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Happy Birthday! Dutch Children’s Parties
Location: New Hampshire, USA
Nationality: Netherlands
Focus:
Photographer, Journalist, Editor, Publisher, Writer, Environment, Culture, Freelance, Life, Storyteller, Climate, Long Form Reporter, International Stories, Community, Landscape, Nature
Covering:
Europe,
Latin America,
Oceania,
USA & Canada
Skills:
Photo Editing, Black & White Printing, Film Photography
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Five girls play Bite the Marshmallow at the fifth birthday party of one of them.
The birthday girl wears a paper crown.
Linschoten, The Netherlands. May 1996.
The birthday girl wears a paper crown.
Linschoten, The Netherlands. May 1996.
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A boy's first birthday. His father makes a video while his uncle tries go get him to blow out the candle on a Lion King cake.
Amstelveen, The Netherlands. January 1997.
Amstelveen, The Netherlands. January 1997.
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The birthday sleepover of a boy who turns nine.
Oegstgeest, The Netherlands. March 1999.
Oegstgeest, The Netherlands. March 1999.
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Egg race in a garden during the birthday party of a boy who celebrates his sixth anniversary.
Malden, The Netherlands. October 1996.
Malden, The Netherlands. October 1996.
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Four friends during the birthday party of a boy who turns twelve. The glasses of Coca Cola have been emptied, the cake has been eaten, the boys tell tall tales.
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. November 1996.
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. November 1996.
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Slow dancing during a disco in honor of the birthday of two twelve year olds in a room behind the local snackbar. At this age the girls are generally much taller than the boys.
Zuidhorn, The Netherlands. May 1997.
Zuidhorn, The Netherlands. May 1997.
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A group of boys celebrate the birthday of a newly seven-year-old with a scouting expedition in the Dutch Museum of Antiquities. The children are dressed like Romans. They raise their fingers to be chosen to answer the guide’s question.
Leiden, The Netherlands. March 1999.
Leiden, The Netherlands. March 1999.
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Baking cookies in the Children’s Cooking Cafe to celebrate a girl turning six.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. April 1997.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. April 1997.
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A boy waves balloons at this second birthday party. In the background guests and his father, who has just inflated another balloon and is tying it up.
Den Haag, The Netherlands. September 1996.
Den Haag, The Netherlands. September 1996.
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Children eat cherry pie at the party of a nine year old girl (center). They eagerly raise their fingers to attract the attention of the parents handing out the treat.
Zetten-Andelst, The Netherlands. November 1996.
Zetten-Andelst, The Netherlands. November 1996.
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Birthday party of a boy (on the right) turning six. He is on a treasure hunt with his friends in a forest at night. They’re getting sleepy.
Malden, The Netherlands. October 1996.
Malden, The Netherlands. October 1996.
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Slow dancing during a disco in honor of the birthday of two twelve year olds in a room behind the local snackbar. At this age the girls are generally much taller than the boys.
Zuidhorn, The Netherlands. May 1997.
Zuidhorn, The Netherlands. May 1997.
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Twin sisters who celebrate their sixth birthday, and one of their guests, relish the whipped cream that their mother squirts into their mouths while decorating the home baked birthday cake.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands. December 1996.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands. December 1996.
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A twelve-year-old boy (third from the right) celebrates with his friends at the bowling alley. His mother keeps score.
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. November 1996.
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. November 1996.
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A birthday girl enthusiastically sings along with the Happy Birthday sung for her at her party.
Linschoten, The Netherlands. October 1996.
Linschoten, The Netherlands. October 1996.
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Girls wait to hear the score of a game of shuffleboard at the birthday party of twin sisters (on the left and the right) who turn six.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands. December 1996.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands. December 1996.
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A birthday party at a zoo for a girl (on the left) who turns seven. The children get to touch and even hold a python.
Emmen, The Netherlands. February 1999.
Emmen, The Netherlands. February 1999.
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