Jessica Hilltout

1977	Born in Antwerp, Belgium.
1978 - 1996	Spent her childhood in Seychelles, South Africa, Hong Kong, Canada, New York
1997 - 1999	BA (hons) Design photography course, Blackpool, UK
2002 - 2003	Road trip from Brussels to Mongolia, and South Africa back to Brussels
2004 - 2006	Commercial photography work in Belgium and exhibitions
2007	Six months in Madagascar exploring the word 'Imperfection'
2009 - 2010	Eight months in 10 countries on the African continent exploring grassroots football in a project called 'AMEN'.
	Lives and works in Belgium.

 

 

AMEN

 

The aim of AMEN was to shine the light on all those in the shadow of the World Cup, far from the big stadiums and the corporate carnival-nature of the event.  To embrace Africa and everything that makes it unique.  To speak of the authenticity and sheer ingenuousness of a continent that manages to do so much with so little.  To capture people with simple needs and huge hearts. To express football in its purest form.