Rineke Dijkstra: Portraits
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (545 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1933045183 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Rineke Dijkstra was born in 1959 in Sittard, the Netherlands, and lives and works in Amsterdam. He lives in Zurich." . She has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Venice Biennale; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Photographers Gallery, London.""Urs Stahel, born in 1953, is the director of the Winterthur Fotomuseum and the editor of a number of publications o
She has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Venice Biennale; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Photographers Gallery, London.""Urs Stahel, born in 1953, is the director of the Winterthur Fotomuseum and the editor of a number of publications on photography. About the Author "Rineke Dijkstra was born in 1959 in Sittard, the Netherlands, and lives and works in Amsterdam. He lives in Zurich."
"Excellent Book!" according to Psych Geek. I really enjoyed this book. I felt as if I were at a small gallery the first time I looked through it. The quality as well as the content are amazing.. "good" according to Linsy Wohl. this ended up being a great holiday gift. good condition. I'm very happy with the purchase.. "The truth is startling" according to wiredweird. This series of portraits is very plain in many ways, but contains some striking images. The cover photo is an example - it took me a moment to realize that the model had just come back from wading.Other pictures have that same double-take effect, including a mother and child series of nudes. Each is a full-length, frontal (almost confrontational) view of the woman holding her new baby, ju
Dijkstra often deals with the development of personality as one moves from adolescence to adulthood, or through a life-changing or potentially threatening experience such as childbirth, or a bullfight. Portraits includes the photographer's new Ballet School series.. Yet, in spite of the uniformity in the photographer's works, there is a marked individuality in each of her subjects. Rineke Dijkstra is renowned for her uncanny and thoughtful portraits series of teenagers and young adults: girls and boys of various nationalities at the beach, children of Bosnian refugees, Spanish bullfighters straight out of the arena, Israeli youngsters before and after military service, and here, documented for the first time, her series of photographs taken of aspiring, young ballet dancers. Her subject