“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). 

Bishkek -  Waiting for his boss who is smoking and who is waiting for his child to enjoy the snow.…
Lino Hellings – Bishkek Lab

Dhaka -  I am in a chic car on my way to the Independent University, where I am to give a lecture. It is Dhaka, Bangladesh and the traffic is stationery more…
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Temporary measures in a city in transit. For a long time ‘demolish and build’ was the solution to all social probems in (poor) neighbourhoods. Not any more. The financial crises…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

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

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

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

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

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

Inside out or Real/Unreal talks about the constant building activity in Rotterdam The fact in the second world war (1940-1945) the centre/ heart was bombed. Rotterdam is still trying and…
Lino Hellings – Rotterdam Lab

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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