Rineke Dijkstra

Dutch, born 1959

Coney Island, N.Y., USA, June 20, 1993

© Rineke Dijkstra

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© Rineke Dijkstra

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Rineke Dijkstra

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

Coney Island, N.Y., USA, June 20, 1993, 1993 (printed 1998)

Artwork Details

Currently on View

Materials

chromogenic color print

Edition:

unique

Measurements

sheet: 62 5/8 x 50 3/4 inches (159.07 x 128.91 cm); framed: 74 3/4 x 61 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches (189.87 x 156.21 x 5.72 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Purchased in Memory of Bernard D. Welt, Barbara D. Bernheim and Ida Z. Welt, 2004

Accession ID

2004:15

Rineke Dijkstra’s “Beach Portraits” feature adolescent boys and girls from countries including The Netherlands, Gabon, Ukraine, and the United States. The artist placed each child alone against the vastness of the ocean and photographed him or her straight on, in a pose of the child’s choice. Dijkstra often captured the moment just before her model reached a pose or just after she or he released it. One of the artist’s main goals is to make the everyday appear special, and in Coney Island, N.Y., USA, June 20, 1993, she managed to capture not only the hesitance, insecurity, and awkwardness of the young girl, but also her inherent beauty and dignity. That these characteristics are shared by adolescents around the world is confirmed by the multinational array of images in the series.

Label from DECADE: Contemporary Collecting 2002–2012, August 21, 2012–January 6, 2013