{"product_id":"the-louisiana-book-nbsp","title":"The Louisiana Book","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:\" center\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished by Koenig Books, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover with 327 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9 x 12 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:\" center\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdited by Michael Holm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContributions by Poul Erik Tøjner, Thomas Weski, Hans den Hartog Jager\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:\" center data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRineke Dijkstra is a master of capturing the individual in transition. Best known for her photographs of preadolescent bathers on the beach, she has also produced iconic images of mothers shortly after giving birth, teen soldiers in Israel, bullfighters bloodied after the fight. Dijkstra rigorously maintains a classical format, isolating her figures against stark backgrounds and posing them frontally or in three-quarters view. Within this strict format, the individuality of each sitter makes itself seen in their body’s particularities―the unique way their back slouches, their mouth sets, their hair falls across their eyes. Dijkstra uses a 4x5 field camera―a slow, laborious piece of equipment that creates, in the artist’s words, “a space where things can happen. The people I shoot really have to open themselves up to me. And I have to open up, too. It’s an interaction.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:\" center data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Louisiana Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e offers a retrospective survey of the life and work of the photographer. Scholars introduce her complete oeuvre chronologically in easy-to-read essays, providing information about her working methods and discussing her artistic development. Dijkstra’s best-known bodies of work are represented, including her long-term series of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeach Portraits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1992–2012), in a comprehensive section of color plates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rineke Dijkstra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55690361569353,"sku":null,"price":112.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0981\/2026\/9897\/files\/510o94oTPWL._SL1000_copia.jpg?v=1779095051","url":"https:\/\/yyg0cd-80.myshopify.com\/products\/the-louisiana-book-nbsp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}