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
where the heck do you find this stuff..
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