Curriculum Vitae

Vincent Dekkers
Born: 21 October 1971, Geldrop

Alongside my work as a photographer, I am employed as an outreach social worker in mental health care (GGZ).

Education

2005 – Diploma in Photography, St. Joost School of Art & Design, Breda

Photography and Film

2023 – Documentary 'Taaie boer' broadcast on NPO 2Doc
2023 – CBK Rotterdam Practice Grant; photography project with young people from the Esch district, Rotterdam
2022 – Commission for '150 Years of the Nieuwe Waterweg' – Flowerdales Agency
2021 – Commission for Rotterdam Sings, commissioned by the Rotterdam Eurovision Song Contest organization
2019 – Screening of 'Taaie boer' at Rotterdam Open Doek
2019 – Winner, FotoMuseum Rotterdam Darkroom Presentation Award
2017 – Participating photographer, Rotterdam Photo Festival
2016–2017 – City Photographer for Leidsch Dagblad. For one year I documented “De wegen naar geluk' in Leiden, with a photograph published weekly in the newspaper.
2016 – Screening of documentary 'Taaie boer' at CineNoord/Cinepeter; a portrait of a drug addict
2016 – Film portrait project with asylum seekers, commissioned by COA
2016 – Participation in the Rotterdam Art Calendar
2015 – Screening of documentary Birdman at Cinepeter, Rotterdam
2015 – Publication of the Pauluskerk photo series in NRC Handelsblad
2014 – Participation in the Rotterdam Art Calendar
2012 – Participation in the photography project The Strength of Rotterdam
2012 – Co-founder of Stichting Je Moeder and creator of the local television programme Wij Rotterdam, which continued into its third season
2011 – Documentary Out of the Darkness, about the life transformation of an Antillean street youth who converts to Christianity
2010–2011 – Various publications in the youth supplement Jong of de Volkskrant
2011 – Screening of 'Alledaags' at Open Doek Rotterdam
2011 – Cinepeter Encouragement Award for 'Alledaags' 
2011 – Documentary 'Alledaags', telling the life stories of two young disability-benefit recipients
2009 – Feature publication 'Ongekend persoonlijk' in de Volkskrant
2009 – Photography masterclass for Rotterdam European Youth Capital 2009
2009 – Publication of the photobook UP
2003 – Exhibition at Arles Photo Festival, France
2003 – Exhibition on Eindhoven youth culture at Gallery Peninsula, Eindhoven

Press and Publications

2020 – Article 'De wereld aan je voeten' in Rotterdam in de Volkskrant
2016 – Article 'Brutaal met een glimlach' in Leidsch Dagblad
2009 – Article 'Ongekend persoonlijk'  in de Volkskrant
2008 – Article A Patchwork of Subcultures in de Volkskrant

Collections

2008 – Youth Culture Series acquired by the Rotterdam Historical Museum
2003 – Youth Culture Series acquired by the Eindhoven Historical Museum