Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin is an example of an artist who works at the most intimate level: her life is her work and her work, her life. It is nearly impossible to discuss Goldin's photographs without referring to their subjects by name, as though the people pictured were one's own family and friends. It is this intimate and raw style for which Goldin has become internationally renowned. Her "snapshot"-esque images of her friends -- drag queens, drug addicts, lovers and family -- are intense, searing portraits that, together, make a document of Goldin's 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”

Nan Goldin (1953), una de las fotógrafas norteamericanas más populares de los años 90, utiliza las fotografías para producir obras en las que borra los límites entre lo público y lo privado, lo femenino y lo masculino, poniendo en evidencia las relaciones emocionales ligadas a la sexualidad. En sus trabajos, ajenos a formalismos y a sofisticaciones técnicas, muestra la intensidad de la vida amorosa, de la sociedad y de la angustia.