What is your goal? And why? What are the concerns of identity seekers all over the world for growing (up) their identity? What conditions does our world offer to young people in their search for self-discovery?

We were looking for photographs of teenagers from around the world. We were seeking answers to the question of what their personal life goal is and why. It was exciting to find out what factors – age, social structure, cultural background, etc. – influence the lives of young people and what commonalities (or differences) there are between countries.

This project was published as book and iPad app.

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Name: Chiara-Ananda
Age: 11
Hometown: Graz, Austria

Life Goal:
To have a healthy and happy family.

Why: 
Because it is the most important thing for me in my life!

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Name: Jessica Louise Barlow
Age: 24
Hometown: Morley, UK

What is your life goal?
To do something that I really love and maybe be heard in the process.

And why?
So I know I existed.

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Name: Princesse Fran
Age: 16
Hometown: Buenos Aires

Life Goal:
Compulsive painter of in-mind butterflies

Why:
I think is the best way to live. Painting that which is in mind. So, in my case, is full of butterflies.

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Name: Gift Amlumyong
Age: 28
Hometown: to be honest.. there is non

What is your lifgoal?
Graphic Design, and other creative field
And why?
it makes me happy to think about how to create something..
such as fashion, graphic design, painting, photography etc…
and i dont care it about the border.. i do it because i feel to do so :)

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Name: Mayumi Onoyama
Age: 24
Hometown: Fukuoka

What is your lifgoal?
Designer 

And why? 
I want to make person’s mind’s being made happy.

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Name: Saki Chikaraishi
Age: 28
Hometown: Saitama, Japan 

What is your lifegoal?
My goal is knitting around the world.

Why?
The reason is that I am greedy man.
Therefore, I want to see all over the world , experience various cultures, to touch a person all over the world, and to see the inheritance. Because I live in the earth with great pains. The globe type robot made of wool named “ManGlobe” appeared from my such wish. Is he made of wool why? I do not understand it either. But, Wool became an indispensable material for me after that. Anyway, I thought I am able to trip all over the world to be while leaving signs that I had visited. It is possible as long as wool and the needle are carried about. I deliberately knit with the improvisation occasionally on the ground this ground at times and leave it. It is possible to become local people happily if knitting.

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Name: Princesses, Sarah, Andrea, Helena, Katharina, Karina, Miriam;
Age: around 20
Hometown: Freistadt

Life Goal:
To shine like a remarkable Star, to be pictured on Cards, on banknotes, … and, of course to be a diplomatic opposition;

Why:
`couse, the circumstances could require it;

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What is your goal? 
Ever since I was a child and I saw my brother drawing for the first time, I knew I wanted to become an artist. I loved to draw and I started learning other things as well, such as making things from clay and stitching names and designs on clothes or bags with thick thread or beads. As I grew older and graduated from school, I had changed my mind about becoming an artist. I realized that I had a great of interest in the way advertisements were made and I knew it had to take a lot of creativity to come up with different ideas that portray a product. As I started to think more about that I came to a conclusion that I wanted to be involved with advertising. My life goal now is to start my own advertising agency and make a difference in the world of advertising in the UAE 

And Why?
I think that the advertisements in the UAE lack creativity and by starting my own agency I would fulfill my passion of art and creativity. There will be a lot of strategic planning involved as well and I plan on using my talent to make the advertisements unique and stand out among the rest of them in the UAE.

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What is your goal?
I will soon be getting married but I want to start my own advertising agency. My life goal is to maintain a balance between my married life and my professional aspirations.

And Why?
The Indian culture expects a girl to be a good wife and mother. The world today demands people who are bold, outgoing and ambitious. I have a bit of both sides in me. I got engaged a few months ago, and I graduate a few months later from today. The balance between maintaining the essence of both a married life and a professional life is a true reflection of my many thoughts. I want to do both, without any conflict, so that ten years from now I can proudly say that I am blessed with a beautiful family and a successful advertising agency.

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What is your goal?
After I finished school, I looked for something other than books to study from and exams to solve. So, I decided to join the School of Architecture. And after my first year, I noticed how much the students are inspired by their professors. then by that, I decided to complete a PHD certificate in my field and be a professor.

And why?
Because I think that being a professor makes me teach students and help them to under stand the materials in a smooth and simple way. I’ve always enjoyed helping my friends in their studies and my ambition is to impart knowledge for students.

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What is your goal?
My goal for the far future is not definite yet. So far, my goal is to seize every opportunity I can get and live life as best I could.  I enjoy living each moment as it comes without planning for it, regardless of whether I find that moment good or bad. Just like the water fountain that feels and moves along with the music without any objection over what music is being played. Even though things in life don’t always work out our way, I believe life to be as beautiful and meaningful as a dance festival.

And Why?
Because I believe that living every moment by itself will make me more enthusiastic and eager of what will happen with me next. Furthermore, without planning for my future I will feel every moment better because I will be concentrating only on this moment without thinking or planning for other things so I will be learning more lessons from it and taken many advantages.

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What is your life goal?
“Life Goal”, wow it is a big word. When I say my life goal then this should be my dream. I’ve always thought of being a professional photographer and have my own gallery, to show the world my own style of taking photos.

Why?
Because I find my self in it and I enjoy every time I hold the camera and start capturing different pictures. The lens of the camera is like my eye; I want it to look at everything around me deeply and carefully. I enjoy a lot when I take a picture because I take it the way I want, with my own touch in it.

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Name: Mariam
Age: 18
Hometown: United Arab Emirates.

What is your goal ?
At different points in my life, I wanted different things whether they where educational, personal or financial goals; however, all those goals are intertwined and connected but they remain undefined. Currently, I study Design Management and I am very excited about the many doors and opportunities it will open for me after I continue my studies and graduate. But despite that, I still believe my major goal is not defined. I know that I want to have a good time and give the best I have. At the present, my main concern is to always to be surrounded by my loved ones. I believe I’m privileged to have them as a support system in my life as they continue to have a huge impact on me as well as define who and what I am today.

Why ?
Life is too short and cruel; I want to seize its every moment. At any point in my life whether it’s a low or joyful point, I want to maintain that support system. My family and loved ones complement me and what I will always be regardless of what my goals are.

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Name: Jawaher
Age: 20
Location: United Arab Emirates

What is your life goal?
My life goal is to start a successful business in the fashion industry. I would love to open a boutique that sells haute couture items from different designers. I also want to open a chain of boutiques in different parts of the world.

And why?
This has been a dream of mine since I was very young. It will give me a chance to meet different designers and find out more about their talents. I also believe that if I really want something and work hard for it then I will definitely achieve it.

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What is your goal:
My goal in life is to produce a documentary of my own and become a dedicated journalist, who, not only inspires but is also inspired by people from all walks of life.

Why:
I feel that my purpose in life is to learn new things each day about life and people. I believe that the essence in life is to climb your way to new discoveries. As such, I constantly push my boundaries and do things I never knew I was capable of. So that explains my journey here in the UAE, away from my loved ones, doing a degree in Mass Communication at AUS when I could be doing a Mathematics degree at a local university.

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Name: Nermeen Salama
Age: 22
Hometown: Palestine

What is your goal?
My goal in life is to finish my graduate studies in Architecture and have my own company, and to become a successful designer after finishing my Bachelor’s degree in Design Management. A graduate degree is one of the important aspects towards a successful career. Combining the business with the design aspect creates a more successful understanding of the world. I had always dreamt of having my own company where I can combine these two positions together.

And why?
Education actstowards shaping a successful career in the future. Having a graduate degree in Architecture, along with a Bachelor’s degree in Design Management will provide a future with various talents and a wide range of experience in the design field. Setting up my management goals can be achieved by having my own company, where I can practice out experiences in a real life setting.

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Name: Sara Al Shaikh
Age:21
Hometown: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

What is your  goal?
Harmonize the dominating contemplative aspect of my personality with the more pragmatic one.

And why?
In a hectic & a highly materialized modern world, I intuitively yearn to moments of introspective reflection whereby I come to explore how & why my perceptions & convictions change and if they are to further evolve through this process. Yet, because of the necessity to ascertain an explicit resolution in order to move on, reality demands that I make a choice at the very same moment when contemplation instead promises to reveal a finer one.
As a constant dreamer whose thoughts easily drift to realms beyond, I have to say that this is a tug-of-war between my subconscious and conscious, a joyful struggle that declares neither a winner nor a loser, but rather in its very own existence yields life to an overwhelming subliminal streak of endless bliss.

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What is your life goal?
To give everything I want in life one try.

Why?
Life is too short to lose something important to you because you didn’t do anything about it.

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Name: Sureen Hasan
Age: 16
Location: Banglore

What is your goal and why?
“Goals are the landing gear of dreams.”
My goal is to imagine a perfect world. Now I want to imagine the part I would like to play in the creation of that perfect world. I want to do something today to further that goal.

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