1936
A woman after my own heart.
1938
In Almost Every Picture #7 is a biography of one woman's life from an unusual perspective, one which allows us to witness the times she lived in, as well as acting as a revealing look at the changing face of photography through the decades.
1949
It tells the story of a Dutch woman whose life is seen from the point of view of a fairground shooting gallery.
1954
The chronological series begins in 1936, when a 16-year-old girl from Tilburg in Holland picks up a gun and shoots at the target in a shooting gallery.
1965
1967
Every time she hits the target, it triggers the shutter of a camera and a portrait of the girl in firing pose is taken and given as a prize.
1973
1978
And so a lifelong love affair with the shooting gallery begins.
1987
1989
This series documents almost every year of the woman's life (there is a conspicuous pause from 1939 to 1945) up until present times.
1998
2006
At the age of 88 Ria van Dijk still makes her pilgrimage to the Shooting Gallery.
2009
1 comment:
where the heck do you find this stuff..
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