Artist Inspiration: Nan Goldin
Though I liked the physical and depictive aspects of Nan Goldin’s snapshot-style photographs, I was more drawn to the actual meaning of the pictures, and the messages they were sending. Goldin portrays and depicts transformation, intimacy, and subculture in her photos. She photographs her friends, during daily activies, over periods of time, and in times of vulnerability. Goldin photographs at the most intimate level, her life is her work and her work is her life. What particularly interested me was the way in which she was able to portray her own self through her photos of her friends and family. We saw her world through her eyes as it was, raw and uncensored. Throughout Nan’s snapshot “memories” we are able to get a sense of her as a person, what is important to her, and what values she holds. This style of portraiture is inspiring, and I wish to mimic it in my final project.
