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Nan Goldin is internationally recognized as one of today's leading photographers. Her photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including SFMOMA, California, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museu Reina Sofia, Madrid. Born in Washington DC, Goldin grew up in Boston where she began taking photographs at the age of fifteen. She has since lived in New York, Bangkok, Berlin, Tokyo and Paris, amassing an extensive body of work that represents a fascinating photographic portrait of our time. Since the 1980s, Goldin has consistently created images that are intimate and compelling; they tell personal stories of relationships, friendships and identity, but simultaneously chronicle different eras and the passage of time. Her 'snapshot'-esque images of her friends - drag queens, drug addicts, lovers and family - are intense, searing portraits that, together, make a document of her life. Goldin herself has commented on her photographic style and philosophy, saying, 'My work originally came from the snapshot aesthetic ...Snapshots are taken out of love and to remember people, places, and shared times. They're about creating a history by recording a history'. Her work often breaks social taboos with its explicit exploration of relationships, sexuality and eroticism, and has also shown the devastating effect AIDS has had on her community of friends. Through its sequence of 55 images, Nan Goldin presents an overview of the photographer's entire career, and illustrates the development of the intimate and raw style for which Goldin has become internationally renowned.
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Guido Costa curates exhibitions worldwide and his writing on art and photography has been widely published. He has worked closely with Goldin for many years and collaborated with her on the book Ten Years After (1996). He also contributed to her monograph, The Devil's Playground, published by Phaidon. Nan Goldin (b.1953) is internationally recognized as one of today's leading photographers. She has lived and worked all over the world, amassing an extensive body of work that represents an intimate and compelling photographic portrait of our time. Active since the early 1980s, Goldin typically photographs the individual life stories of her friends and family. Her work is featured in collections of art institutions world-wide, and her photographs have been exhibited at venues such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Over the past few years I've discovered Nan Goldin's life and photography by the 'drip-feed' method, 'a magazine article here or an image there' sort of way. Now with Phaidon publishing the work of 20 photographers in their Phaidon 55 series, spanning over a century of photography, each volume containing a brief biographical essay and 55 photographs in chronological order, suddenly the bones have been fleshed out and I'm ready to delve deeper into the world of Nan and the many others beside. Already I'm an addict!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love this book. It gives a beautiful taster of the amazing work of Nan Goldin. It allows the viewer a glimpse into her world, it gives a certain amount of background information on each image which is invaluable. The chronological biography at the end of the book is also very helpful. Well worth it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A great little guide to Nan Goldin's work, containing some of her most representative photographs. Almost as good as a concise wee guide can get - excellent as introductory reading or as a gift for photography fans!
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