joost vandebrug

It’s like Oliver Twist, only real and told through the lens of Gen-Z.

Another year, another fresh batch of exciting young talent. Throughout the month of January we will be introducing the photographers set to define 2017. Capturing the world around them and interpreting it through the prism of their own experiences...

Dutch photographer Joost Vandebrug spent five years documenting the lives of Bucharest’s homeless children. Now he’s turning his attention to the Roma villages of Transylvania.

Joost Vandebrug has been documentating the lives of four homeless teenagers living in the tunnels under Bucharest for three years now. Recently compiled into a book, Cinci Lei, he talks to i-D about his continued involvement in the lives of the boys...