UPR Amsterdam 2021 · race photograph

Emiel Pol

The second race of the 2021 season, six hours from the Museumplein to De Pijp, in the city where UPR began.

The second race of the 2021 season came back to the city where UPR began and has raced most often: on Saturday 3 July it ran from the Museumplein at 12:00 to De Pijp at 18:00, with three themes, Goeie ouwe tijd (the good old days), Contrast and We are the people.

Each race earned points for the season: from the jury's ranking, two points for every juror who chose a racer's photograph as their favourite, and five for the public's favourite, chosen in first rounds on Zoom.nl and a knock-out on Instagram.

In Amsterdam the jury favourites went to Emiel Pol, chosen twice, Rob van Hoorn and Marco Bollaart, and the public chose Hilleke Kuitert.

The series

01

Emiel Pol

1st place

  • Emiel Pol · Amsterdam 2021 · Goeie ouwe tijd, frame 1 of 3

    Goeie ouwe tijd

    Theme 1

  • Emiel Pol · Amsterdam 2021 · Contrast, frame 1 of 3

    Contrast

    Theme 2

  • Emiel Pol · Amsterdam 2021 · We are the people, frame 1 of 3

    We are the people

    Theme 3 · Jury favourite

02

Rob van Hoorn

2nd place

  • Rob van Hoorn · Amsterdam 2021 · Goeie ouwe tijd, frame 1 of 3

    Goeie ouwe tijd

    Theme 1

  • Rob van Hoorn · Amsterdam 2021 · Contrast, frame 1 of 3

    Contrast

    Theme 2 · Jury favourite

  • Rob van Hoorn · Amsterdam 2021 · We are the people, frame 1 of 3

    We are the people

    Theme 3

03

Maevik Coast

3rd place

  • Maevik Coast · Amsterdam 2021 · Goeie ouwe tijd, frame 1 of 3

    Goeie ouwe tijd

    Theme 1

  • Maevik Coast · Amsterdam 2021 · Contrast, frame 1 of 3

    Contrast

    Theme 2

  • Maevik Coast · Amsterdam 2021 · We are the people, frame 1 of 3

    We are the people

    Theme 3

Four photographers judged every series.

  • Diana Bokje, juror · 2021 season

    Diana
    Bokje

    Photo coach

  • Fokko Muller, juror · 2021 season

    Fokko
    Muller

    Street photography teacher · author of The Street

  • Monique de Zwart, juror · 2021 season

    Monique
    de Zwart

    Photography mentor and teacher

  • Pieter van Leeuwen, juror · 2021 season

    Pieter
    van Leeuwen

    Photographer · writer

The public's favourite photograph.

What the winners took home.

Three themes

  • Each themeThree themesGoeie ouwe tijd (the good old days) · Contrast · We are the people.

Jury favourites

  • 1 winnerJury favouritesEmiel Pol (selected twice), Rob van Hoorn and Marco Bollaart.

Public favourite

  • 1 winnerPublic favouriteHilleke Kuitert, decided by public preliminary rounds on Zoom.nl followed by an Instagram knockout.

With thanks to our partners.

UPR One

One theme, three hours and three photographs, in daylight.

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