Since 1992, Rineke Dijkstra has been making a series of photos in which she has adolescents pose for her camera without being given any initial instructions. It resulted in an impressive series of portraits of teenagers who feel awkward and expose themselves in a disarmingly vulnerable way.
Rineke Dijkstra made these photographs on the beaches of Belgium, Croatia, America and Poland. She took adolescents out of their group and had them pose often alone - sometimes two or three together - in their swim suits in front of the camera. This photo from the series shows a girl on the beach of Hilton Head Island, a beach for rich Americans. The girl tries to pose like a photo model, but is at the same time visibly unsure of herself.
Specifications
| Title | Hilton Head Island, S.C., U.S.A., June 24, 1992 |
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| Material and technique | Colour photograph |
| Object type |
Photograph
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 35,5 cm Width 28 cm |
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| Artists |
Photographer:
Rineke Dijkstra
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| Accession number | 3420 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased with the support of Mondriaan Fund, 1998 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1998 |
| Creation date | in 1992 |
| External exhibitions |
Eregalerij van de Nederlandse Fotografie (2021) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Technique |
Chromogenic print
> Photographic printing technique
> Mechanical
> Planographic printing
> Printing technique
> Technique
> Material and technique
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All about the artist
Rineke Dijkstra
Sittard 1959
Rineke Dijkstra studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and subsequently worked as freelance photographer for magazines such as Elle and Quote. In...
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