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Over half of the pictures were created since 2000 and after her move from New York to Paris, where she currently lives. The same people are photographed at different moments in their lives, marking relationships that continue in time and that constitute that very close ‘family’ of friends by whom Goldin loves to be surrounded. She is most famous for her Ballad of Sexual Dependency photographs, a constantly changing slide show of approximately 750 photographs set to music. Goldin wants to remember her personal life in every detail; people encountered, experiences shared, emotions felt, relationships that endure over time.

At first, the book introduces itself with pictures of ocean and nature in general, which are like the calm before the storm. These groups of pictures include themes titled “The Other Side”, “Recovery”, “AIDS”, “First Love”, “Mon am'”, “Elements” and “Still on Earth”. while “Mon am'” portrays another more mature couple of friends, with occasional apparitions of the woman’s child ( Valerie and Bruno Sex, Hand on Wall, Paris, 2001; Valerie, Bruno and Mel Laughing in Bed, Paris, 2001; etc. Format: Cibachrome Sheet size: 406 x 610 mm (16 x 24 inches) Image size: 356 x 533 mm (14 x 21 inches) Box: 689 x 464 mm (27 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches) Condition is new! Born in Washington DC, Goldin grew up in Boston where she began taking photographs at the age of 15.

She became immersed in the intense climate of the East Village in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with its parties, music, film scene, drugs, and both heterosexual and homosexual sexual experiences. This book features a significant body of latest work by Goldin, including photographs from new series such as Still on Earth (1997-2001), 57 Days (2000) and Elements (1995-2003), many of which are previously unpublished.

Voyuerism usually comes as a secreat obsession or sexual desire, that one experiences/enjoys by themselves. Every shot is the maximum moment of an encounter, that instant that inevitably precedes separation, the lens that closes, darkness. The storm comes with personal family pictures, which at first looked like a usual family album pictures… but that was exactly the problem (? People are portrayed always with empathy both indoors and outdoors as they blend into and lose themselves in their surrounding landscape, while at the same time the landscape becomes personal and intimate, almost portraiture. This monograph brings to light both the sources of Goldin's inspiration and her life as a prominent contemporary artist: she is internationally recognized as one of today's leading photographers.

Neu Neuware, Importqualität, auf Lager, Sofortversand - - The most significant book published to date on Nan Goldin (b. Looking through a camera placed in people’s houses and rooms to observe the usual moments of their life. Without reading about the book beforehand and finding information about what the series of photographs included in this book are, I jumped right into viewing.