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Rineke Dijkstra Villa Franca, Portugal, May 8, 1994
Rineke Dijkstra Villa Franca, Portugal, May 8, 1994, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.Source Image: http://popartmachine.com/catalog/search_results.php?q=Dijkstra,%20Rineke More on photographer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rineke_Dijkstra
Dijkstra concentrates on single portraits, and usually works in series, looking at groups such as adolescents, clubbers, and soldiers. Her subjects are shown standing, facing the camera, against a minimal background. During a visit to Portugal in 1994, she made portraits of four bullfighters immediately after the fight. In the same year, she photographed three women who had given birth, one hour (Julie), one day (Tecla) and one week (Saskia) after the event. The raw immediacy of these images captures something of the contradictions inherent in this common and yet most singular of human experiences. The women appear at once vulnerable and invincible, traumatised and self-composed. Dijkstra draws a parallel between the two groups of photographs. Both bullfighters and mothers are pictured after an exhausting and potentially life-threatening experience, relating to society’s deepest-held ideas of masculinity and femininity. ¶ 8:25 PM
Rineke Dijkstra Villa Franca, Portugal, May 8, 1994, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.
Dijkstra concentrates on single portraits, and usually works in series, looking at groups such as adolescents, clubbers, and soldiers. Her subjects are shown standing, facing the camera, against a minimal background. During a visit to Portugal in 1994, she made portraits of four bullfighters immediately after the fight. In the same year, she photographed three women who had given birth, one hour (Julie), one day (Tecla) and one week (Saskia) after the event. The raw immediacy of these images captures something of the contradictions inherent in this common and yet most singular of human experiences. The women appear at once vulnerable and invincible, traumatised and self-composed. Dijkstra draws a parallel between the two groups of photographs. Both bullfighters and mothers are pictured after an exhausting and potentially life-threatening experience, relating to society’s deepest-held ideas of masculinity and femininity. ¶ 8:25 PM
