Research

Rineke Dijkstra

Rineke Dijkstra a Dutch photographer, born 1959, captures the expressions and emotions of her subjects. She captured a series of "Beach" photographs in the 1990s which captures young people’s vulnerable side. You could say they hold insecurities which is one of the main things I think young people are left to feel and express. Mostly because of how people portray what beauty is and what it isn't, so we become conscious of how we look.

The subjects are well lit so it instantly draws you to them. I picked these three images out of the series because I thought they showed more of the subject’s insecurities. They look uncomfortable like Dijkstra has caught them unexpectedly and there not sure on what to do with themselves, their almost trying to hide themselves with the way their standing and their facial expressions just add to the emotions and insecurities that are captured in the images. I like Dijkstra's style and the compostion of her work, its different from the other photographers ive looked at.