What do you see in these photos? What are these teenagers doing on the seashore? There is a photographer who was captivated by the unsettling, transitional beauty of teenagers. Her name is Rineke Dijkstra. This Dutch photographer started making portraits of adolescents posed on beaches in America, Poland, Britain, Ukraine and Croatia. And "Beach Portraints" (1992-2002), the artist's most celebrated series of shots in which swim suited boys and girls on shores, brought her to international prominence after it was exhibited in 1997 in the annual show of new photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
"Rineke Dijkstra; A Restrospect" is now on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York from June 29 through October 12, 2012. What's interesting about the photographer is that she captures moments of people experiencing physical exertion in situations like mothers immediately after giving birth, teens being inducted into the Israeli army, and Portuguese bullfighters from the ring..etc.
I like how she depicts and brings out the beauty out of plain subjects. Her work is subtle and her subjects are plain, and yet her photos have a profound meaning. I found strength and purity in their insecure and vulnerable moments/phase in life.
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