New Mothers series

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The New Mothers series is a photographic project by Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra featuring intimate, large-scale portraits of women shortly after childbirth, exploring vulnerability, strength, and identity in the immediate postpartum period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art project ⓘ
photographic series ⓘ
artisticStyle front-facing full-length portraits ⓘ
large-scale color portraits ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Netherlands ⓘ
creator Rineke Dijkstra ⓘ
creatorNationality Dutch ⓘ
creatorOccupation photographer ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
depicts newborn mothers ⓘ
women shortly after childbirth ⓘ
exhibitionContext often shown in museums and galleries of contemporary art ⓘ
focusesOn psychological states of sitters ⓘ
social expectations of motherhood ⓘ
tension between vulnerability and resilience ⓘ
genre contemporary art ⓘ
portrait photography ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
mainSubject female identity ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
postpartum women ⓘ
medium color photography ⓘ
photographic prints ⓘ
movement contemporary photography ⓘ
notableCharacteristic clinical yet intimate presentation ⓘ
direct gaze of sitters ⓘ
neutral backgrounds ⓘ
subjects photographed within hours or days after giving birth ⓘ
partOf Rineke Dijkstra’s portrait series of transitional life stages ⓘ
relatedWork Almerisa series ⓘ
Beach Portraits ⓘ
Olivier series ⓘ
theme body after birth ⓘ
emotional transformation ⓘ
identity ⓘ
physical transformation ⓘ
postpartum period ⓘ
strength ⓘ
vulnerability ⓘ

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Rineke Dijkstra → notableWork → New Mothers series ⓘ