1991
Nan Goldin
Carmen's Birthday Party, Berlin
Nan Goldin
Carmen's Birthday Party, Berlin, 1991
Cibachrome, 50.8 x 60.9 cm
Collection Fotomuseum Winterthur
1998-031-003
© Nan Goldin
Carmen's Birthday Party, Berlin, 1991
Cibachrome, 50.8 x 60.9 cm
Collection Fotomuseum Winterthur
1998-031-003
© Nan Goldin
b. 1953 (Washington, US), lives and works in New York, US
It was in the bars of Boston that Nan Goldin began work on The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. In this major project she photographed herself and her friends – directly, intimately, close up. The result is a portrayal of sexuality, relationships, power, and identity that is at once tender and hard-hitting. For a long time she photographed without natural light, using harsh, even blinding flashlight.
