Rineke Dijkstra
Born in 1959 · Netherlands
The portrait at a moment of change.
The story
Rineke Dijkstra photographs subjects including adolescents on beaches, young mothers and people followed over several years. A frontal, relatively spare approach directs attention towards posture, expression and signs of transition. The Almerisa series allows the same person to be compared at different moments in her life. Repetition reveals changes without claiming to explain them completely.
Understanding the work
Compare the balance of the body, hands and gaze. In long-term series, distinguish changes in the person from changes in the photographic setup.
Key works and series
Beach Portraits; Almerisa; portraits of young mothers.
Sources & further exploration
Works in collections.
9 recordsPhotographs to explore on museum and library websites, with titles, dates and processes. Each link opens the collection record and its image where one is available.
- MoMA · 1994
Tia, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 14 November 1994, Tia, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23 June 1994
Chromogenic color prints
