We don’t know about you, but we always find it bittersweet when the commercials for school supplies start running this time of year. Oh, to be young and buying spiral notebooks and glue-sticks again! School, a series by Dutch photographer Raimond Wouda, might give you some much-needed perspective on those feelings of nostalgia. Snapped at various secondary schools in between classes, the images give the viewer a voyeuristic view into the social lives of students in the Netherlands — from the chaos of the hallways to clear delineation between cliques in the cafeteria. Click through to check out some of our favorite photos, and for the entire collection, grab Wouda’s 2009 coffee-table book.
Raimond Wouda, Damstede I, Amsterdam, 2003. Spotted via Booooooom
Raimond Wouda, Caland Lyceum II, Amsterdam, 2005
Raimond Wouda, CSG Dingstede, Meppel, 2005
Raimond Wouda, Linde College I, Eesveen, 2005
Raimond Wouda, Veluws College, Apeldoorn, 2006
Raimond Wouda, Scholengemeenschap Tabor I, Hoorn, 2006
Raimond Wouda, Johan de Wit College, Den Haag, 2006
Raimond Wouda, Hervion College II, Den Bosch, 2005
Raimond Wouda, Koning Willem II College, Tilburg, 2006
Raimond Wouda, Assink College I, Eibergen, 2004
Raimond Wouda, Damstede II, Amsterdam, 2003
Raimond Wouda, Linge College, Tiel, 2006
Raimond Wouda, Pallas Athene College, Ede, 2005
Raimond Wouda, Segbroek College II, Den Haag 2005