ruben timman photography
portfolio
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- Looking for Hope
- The Buddy project
- The people of Zheleznodorozhnyy
- Illegal
- Oranje Fonds
- My eyes on the world....
- Dutch Homeless Cup
Illegal
For years they were there, but not really there. Drifting, staying with relatives, or taken in temporarily by a relief organization. Illegals have occupied the unknown backstage of our society. At the most turning up in newspaper articles about illegal labor, miserable living conditions and criminality, or as the subject of election rhetoric.
Recently their existence has been acknowledged: The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has made an attempt to record their numbers. A conclusive calculation could not be given, but CBS estimates the number at somewhere between 46,000 and 116,000. A few faces from among the many thousands come into the spotlight with the help of photographer Ruben Timman's camera.
- Tony (1981) Sierra Leone
- Tresor (1978) Congo Has received temporary resident’s permit
- Ariki (1990) Armenia, Daughter of Petrusian. Attends 8th grade at elementary school.
- Ahmed (1969) Somalia
- Mister Lie (1947) ethnic Chinese from Indonesia After years serving in Dutch merchant marines now caught in uncertainty with respect to his future
- Amir (1990) Eritrea Fled with his mother as 3 month-old baby Ethiopian Liberation Front
- Ashot (1981) ethnic Armenian from Russia Mother is in reception center
- Masiah (1982) Liberia Fallen outside government care due to error by legal assistant during initial asylum procedure
- Lilia (1987) Armenia Waiting for migration to Canada
- Diana (1961) Armenian from Georgia Attending conservatory in the Netherlands
- Destiny (1976) Sierra Leone Requesting renewed asylum procedure on basis of solide nova
- Muamer (1973) Bosnia Waiting for final decision on humanitarian grounds
- Rose (1974) Cameroon Repeated asylum procedure after receiving solide nova
- Michael (1964) Republic of Congo Fled after participating in protest activity
- Hranuch (1939) ethnic Armenian from Dachastan
- Anna (1973) Ukraine Repatriation difficult due to collapse of Soviet Union
- Osman (1950) Somalia Must soon leave reception center
- Faisal (birth date unknown) Somalia Surviving with help of fellow Somaliers
- Tony (1981) Sierra Leone
