New Mothers series
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The New Mothers series is a photographic project by Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra featuring intimate, large-scale portraits of women shortly after childbirth, exploring vulnerability, strength, and identity in the immediate postpartum period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Mothers series canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art project
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photographic series ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
front-facing full-length portraits
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large-scale color portraits ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| creator | Rineke Dijkstra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
photographer
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visual artist ⓘ |
| depicts |
newborn mothers
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women shortly after childbirth ⓘ |
| exhibitionContext | often shown in museums and galleries of contemporary art ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
psychological states of sitters
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social expectations of motherhood ⓘ tension between vulnerability and resilience ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary art
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portrait photography ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
female identity
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motherhood ⓘ postpartum women ⓘ |
| medium |
color photography
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photographic prints ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary photography ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
clinical yet intimate presentation
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direct gaze of sitters ⓘ neutral backgrounds ⓘ subjects photographed within hours or days after giving birth ⓘ |
| partOf | Rineke Dijkstra’s portrait series of transitional life stages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Almerisa series
NERFINISHED
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Beach Portraits NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivier series ⓘ |
| theme |
body after birth
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emotional transformation ⓘ identity ⓘ physical transformation ⓘ postpartum period ⓘ strength ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
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