Lysa BurkePd. 1

About Nan Goldin

• Born in 1953 in Washington D.C.• American• At age 15, her teacher introduced

her to the camera.• She graduated from the School of

the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University in 1977/1978

• She works mostly with Cibachrome prints.

• Her first published works were black and white photographs of transvestites and transsexuals.

Nan Goldin Cont.

• She has been a photographer since highschool.

• Her inspiration was the city's gay and transsexual communities

• Most of her photographs were of her life:

– Herself or her friends lying or sitting in bed, engaged in sexual play, or injecting themselves with drugs.

• Most of her subjects were dead by the 1990s, lost either to drug overdose or AIDS.

“Nan and Brian in Bed”, NYC, 1983

Silver dye bleach print

“Kate Moss on White Horse as Lady Godiva” 2001, Cibachrome Print

27.6 x 40 in.

“Rise and Monty on Lounge Chair”, 1988, silver dye bleach, 39.4 x 59.7 cm

"Lewis and Matt in the tub, Cambridge, MA", 1988

cibachrome print50,8 x 60,9 cm, ed. 2/25

“Guido floating”, Levanzo, Sicily, 1999Cibachrome print

356 x 533mm, 14 x 21 inches

“Jen’s hand on Clemen’s back”, Paris, 200,

Cibachrome print, 14 x 21 inches

DESCRIPTION•Kate Moss is lying naked on a white horse outside. •She is straddling the horse and petting the it with her right hand.•She is looking straight at the camera.

ANALYSIS•The white color of the horse really stands out because of the back background.•You can really see the texture of the horse’s hair and her skin. You can tell they are both very soft. •Proportion is also used because the horse is so much bigger than Kate.

INTERPRETNan Goldin put a lot into this photo, I believe she was really trying to show the difference between a human being and a “beast”.I also see the what she is trying to portray by showing a human at their natural state by being nude which is unordinary and the horse at it’s natural which is normal.

JUDGEMENTI really like this photo, it is very unusual and you don’t see photos like this everyday. This is, overall, my favorite photo by Nan Goldin mainly because a lot of work was put into it as you can tell because the fact that she put Kate Moss, a well-known model, in the photograph. There is a lot of intensity and this picture gives off an almost a fantasy like feel.

POP QUIZ!

1. Where was Nan Goldin Born?a) Los Angeles, CAb) Washington D.C.c) Atlanta, GA

2. Why couldn’t Nan use most of her subjects after the 1990’s?a) They either died from AIDS or drug overdoseb) They rioted against herc) They were kidnapped

3. At what age was Nan first introduced to the camera?a) 9b) 15c) 22