
Dubrovnik, Croatia, July 13, 1996
A young woman stands alone on a rocky shoreline in a wet swimsuit, her posture both vulnerable and self-possessed as she faces the camera with a direct, unflinching gaze. Dijkstra's large-scale chromogenic print renders the figure with striking clarity against the soft blue of the sea and sky, emphasizing the tension between adolescent uncertainty and emerging self-awareness. The photograph belongs to her celebrated Beach series, in which isolated bathers become quietly monumental subjects, stripped of social context and examined with an almost classical stillness.
- Medium
- chromogenic print
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 15, 2015
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