Participating Artists Press Agency
Tuesday 18th of February 2025 – page 4
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).
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Bishkek -
This pensioner is trying to earn some extra money. The main street is packed with beauty salons. There must be some women who want to know how much they weigh…
Lino Hellings –
Bishkek Lab
Rotterdam -
Chaos and order. There are a lot of rules, regulations, advices, guidelines given in the Rotterdam Public space. Will they work or will they encourage the opposite? Are these ways…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Leeuwarden is three hours drive from Rotterdam. Rotterdam at work is what we are looking for this week. Well we see a lot of busses from companies working on the…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Cycling through the Tarwewijk in the dark I start to recognize people and they start to recognize me. Margot, a slim lady asking for money, being homeless. In fact she…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
It is hard to tell in which country this picture is taken. This is the shopping street in the Old (Wild) West, where over 90 nationalities share daily life. Only…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Sao Paulo -
In virtually every Big Ear you find these stickers. A public Telephone book to contact ladies, who can be transvestites.…
Lino Hellings –
Sao Paulo Lab
Lagos -
A lot of the life in Lagos is performed in the streets. In the West it is considered inappropriate and it is even forbidden. Here there is a wide variety…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
The Hague -
Prins Clausplein is a traffic intersection with seven overpasses. The highway does not lead directly to destination below. In the Netherlands we tend to build fly overs on the outskirts…
Lino Hellings –
Flyoverpapa
Rotterdam -
Snackbar Hillevliet is closed today (monday). But open the other days. Tuesday-Saturday 12:00-22:00 hours. Sunday 14:00- 22:00. But where is the snackbar? No 113A is a normal house?! Home Work…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Ramallah -
This man in al Am’ari sits next to a huge heap of pure rubbish. Office chairs sofas , a satellite dish and bicycle parts is what I see…
Lino Hellings –
Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
In the refugee camp al Am’ari the bicycle shop has hundreds of used, mainly children’s bicycles. This is a way to display some of the frames on the wall opposite…
Lino Hellings –
Ramallah Lab
Dhaka -
Life in public space in Dhaka Bangladesh is incredibly vibrant. The traffic is insane. From 6 in the morning till 1 in the night all roads are blocked with a…
Lino Hellings –
Dhaka Lab
Bishkek -
The public telephone book is omnipresent. Mostly job offers (tele marketing) or courses in English (Hot English). People living in the appartment buildings customize their the balconies. Store things like…
Lino Hellings –
Bishkek Lab
Sao Paulo -
To prepare for the party whether it is Christmas or an anniversary you go to Rua 25 de Março. Here you find everything and much more. The Brazilian way of…
Lino Hellings –
Sao Paulo Lab
Rotterdam -
Kennel for breeding french bulldogs. Home workers.
Lino Hellings the 19th of April Rotterdam…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Rotterdam -
Ten years ago Erwin moved to Rotterdam from Surinam with his mother and three brothers. He dreamed of studying Sound and light.From the age of eleven he organised these…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Rotterdam -
Erwin, the nice guy that I met in the street the other day introduced me to Eric. Eric is a very dedicated Tarwewijker who actively interacts when things happen that…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
There are great public spaces designed by architects that work really well like Lina Bo Bardi’s sports and culture building Sesci Pompei and Centre Cultural. The climate allows a…
Lino Hellings –
Sao Paulo Lab
Bishkek -
Specially men squat like this everywhere in public space. Mostly in larger groups and mostly Kirgiz (these men are Russian). Although I do not speak Russian, I could understand the…
Lino Hellings –
Bishkek Lab
Qalandia -
In the old centre of the Village Qalandia there are these ancient buildings. Some parts are centuries old. Here 4 of the 5 architects that joined in the 'teach the…
Lino Hellings –
50 Villages Qalandia
Rotterdam -
This shop in religious art is run by a second generation Surinam couple. They do offer services for a small compensation in: astrological predictions, readings, hand palm reading, reiki and…
Lino Hellings –
Migrationpapa
Sao Paulo -
Orelhão is the name given to these public telephones. Nice word: Big Ear.…
Lino Hellings –
Sao Paulo Lab
Rotterdam -
How is the public territory organised in Rotterdam? How do the inhabitants of Rotterdam reclaim the space. Which owners can we detect? As we saw in responsability and regulation there…
Lino Hellings –
Rotterdam Lab
Sao Paulo -
Two boys are deep asleep at the doorstep of the cash dispensers hall of the Bradesko bank.
Sao Paulo Liberdade 10th November 2009…
Lino Hellings –
Sao Paulo Lab