Dutch photographer Rineke Dikstra's 'Beach Portraits', as well as being her most well known series, are also a great example of her work. Her most iconic images tend to be her single portraits, however there are several double and group ones in her oeuvre. The subjects in her images are often standing and facing front. The 'Beach Portraits' are all of adolescents and shot from a low angle. This is possibly to present them as people rather than specifically children, which a higher angle might render them. What I particularly like about her pictures of people, particular these early teenagers, is that they show them without a media influenced way of presenting themselves. So that their own awkwardness and uncertainty shines through. This gives them more depth and makes it easier for them to be viewed as pictures of realy people rather then pictures featuring people. Pictures found using Google Image Search.
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