Beach Portraits series
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The Beach Portraits series is a renowned body of photographic work by Rineke Dijkstra featuring large-scale, frontally posed portraits of adolescents and young adults on beaches around the world, highlighting moments of vulnerability and transition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beach Portraits | 1 |
| Beach Portraits series canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork series
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photographic series ⓘ |
| cameraPosition | eye-level ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| creator | Rineke Dijkstra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
adolescence
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identity formation ⓘ transition to adulthood ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Guggenheim Museum
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Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | portrait photography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
individual beach portraits
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photograph "Coney Island, N.Y., USA, July 4, 1993" ⓘ photograph "Hilton Head Island, S.C., USA, June 24, 1992" ⓘ photograph "Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 26, 1992" ⓘ photograph "Ostend, Belgium, August 7, 1992" ⓘ |
| inception | early 1990s ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary portrait photographers ⓘ |
| influencedBy | tradition of formal portraiture ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (visual work) ⓘ |
| location |
Africa
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Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ beaches ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
adolescents
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young adults ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual photography
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contemporary photography ⓘ documentary photography ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
emphasis on posture and gesture
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isolated figures against horizon ⓘ lack of overt narrative context ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Rineke Dijkstra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | vertical format ⓘ |
| publicationForm |
exhibition prints
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photography books ⓘ |
| setting |
outdoor natural light
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seaside ⓘ |
| style |
frontal full-body portraits
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large-scale color prints ⓘ minimalist composition ⓘ neutral expression ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Beach Portraits