Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself

Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself serial Holland history guns documentary automatic

1938

Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself serial Holland history guns documentary automatic

1949

Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself serial Holland history guns documentary automatic

1958

Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself serial Holland history guns documentary automatic

1967

Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself serial Holland history guns documentary automatic

1973

Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself serial Holland history guns documentary automatic

1978

Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself serial Holland history guns documentary automatic

1987

Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself serial Holland history guns documentary automatic

1998

Once a year since 1936 Ria Van Dijk shoots herself serial Holland history guns documentary automatic

2006

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. 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.

And so a lifelong love affair with the shooting gallery begins. This series documents almost every year of the woman’s life (there is a conspicuous pause from 1939 to 1945) up until present times. At the age of 88 Ria van Dijk still makes her pilgrimage to the Shooting Gallery.

(via lens culture)