Damn everyone hates this chick... so lets write about her :)
Nan Goldin is an American Photographer born in Washington D.C. in 1953. She is well known for her documentation of her and her friends and families life, through both good and bad times. She is also known for her intimate life, showing not only sexual experiences but also violent and depressing stages throughout her own life.
With her friend David Armstrong she became engrossed in the gay and transsexual community at the age of 15. She was fascinated by the people, calling them the most beautiful people she'd ever seen. After this she began to document the life of her friends and her husband who used to beat her. Alot of her friends and associates she met died in the 1990s, either due to AIDS or to various drug overdoses. These pictures where later published in the book The Ballad of Sexual Dependancy. During this long period she never left the house for 15 years, only going outside occasionally at night with her friends.
She is praised for her use of colour, that show the emotion of the moment she captures. One of her most famous pictures (the picture above) shows her and her husband after having sex. The orange glow signifies their dying love, and her face looking up at him shows a mixture of affection and weariness. (This is actually the only photograph of hers I really like). He is sitting and smoking with his back to her and looking almost like he doesn't wanna be there, again showing their dying love. She has also been criticised for glamourising heroin usage, domestic violence and amateurism.
References -
- http://www.artnet.com/artist/7135/nan-goldin.html
- http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/fineman/fineman12-12-96.asp
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z3sihEuiEk
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