Thursday, September 15, 2016

Photographs from the 20th century by Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin
Self-portrait in blue bathroom, London
1980
C-Print

Nan Goldin's large and heavy photo-book The Devil's Playground (2003) opens with a few lines by the formidable Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012) 

Nothing has changed
Except the run of rivers,
the shapes of forests, shores, deserts, and glaciers.
The little soul roams among those landscapes,
disappears, returns, draws near, moves away,
evasive and a stranger to itself,
now sure, now uncertain of its own existence,
whereas the body is and is and is
and has nowhere to go.

Nan Goldin
The Hug, New York City
1980
C-print

Nan Goldin
Suzanne and Philippe on the train, Long Island, NY
1985
C-print

Nan Goldin
Hotel Room, Zurich
1988
C-print

Nan Goldin
Lynette & Donna at Marion's Restaurant, NYC
1991
C-print

Nan Goldin
Misty in Sheridan Square, NYC
1991
C-print

Nan Goldin
Yogo putting on powder
1992
C-print

Nan Goldin
Yogo in the mirror, Second Tip Bar, Bangkok
1992
C-print

Nan Goldin
Joey in my mirror, Berlin
1992
C-print

Nan Goldin
Self-portrait in my room, Berlin
1994
C-print

Nan Goldin
Pawel on the beach laughing, Positano
1996
C-print

Nan Goldin
Pawel's Back, East Hampton
1996
C-print

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Simon on the subway, NYC
1998
C-print

Nan Goldin
Guido floating, Levanzo, Sicily
1999
C-print