Nan Goldin I'll Be Your Mirror Documentary Part One

I put a WARNING on this if you aren't aware of her work, Nan has featured in photography books such as 'Vile Bodies' which the title basically explains itself. There are images and discussions of drug use, nudity, extreme illness and at times upsetting images of people who have passed away.

Nancy "Nan" Goldin (born, 1953, Washington, D.C.) is an American photographer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Goldin

Some critics have accused her of making heroin-use appear glamorous, and of pioneering a grunge style that later became popularized by youth fashion magazines such as The Face and I-D. However, in a 2002 interview with The Observer, Goldin herself called the use of "heroin chic" to sell clothes and perfumes "reprehensible and evil.

Anyone who already knows about the work of Nan Goldin will know that she is far from glamorizing, and that her work is as near to complete truth as art and explorations in art can get.

In a lot of ways Nan is saying that the people that were around her were just living their lives, like everyone else, and had experiences like everyone else apart from or until the appearance of what later became known as Hiv and Aids that changed each of their lives irreparably.

She chose to photograph her friends following the suicide of her sibling with the belief that she could somehow keep the people around her alive and present within photography, but her work also explores the gaps which photography cannot fill.

I think Goldins work can be difficult to understand which is why she has been perhaps accused of glamorizing, when in truth her work is simply and unashamedly presented which is what makes Nan Goldin the photographer she is.......

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[agloakcja]

what is the name of the song started at 9:43???

or maybe someone have complete soundtrack of this document? please?

[christvswarhol]

@agloakcja I listened to it and first thought patti smith but it really isn't....but i like it....and now its driving ME crazy>>>thanks for that <3 CAN ANYONE HELP US LOL

[christvswarhol]

@agloakcja ......ah HAAAAAAAA it took a bit of doing but i am pleased to say that it is TELEVISION - Elevation>>>>>NOW SEND ME MONEY :D

[GimmeKitty]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I adore Nan. I love this doc on her. I had never seen it before.

[christvswarhol]

@GimmeKitty It's okay, i haven't seen it any where else either, it's great....

[KagaBugaga]

Thank you so much for sharing this!

[agloakcja]

@christvswarhol  yeeeayyyy! thank U a lot <3 luv

[christvswarhol]

@cccbparis LUCKY <3

[carlita8019]

I love you NAN!