Nan One Month After Being Battered

Nan Goldin is an artist whose work cannot be separated from her personal experiences. She often photographed her close friends and acquaintances, and in several instances, turned the camera on herself. Her obsession with depicting the events of her subcultural lifestyle gives Goldin's work a raw intensity and an unsettling hint towards their narratives. Her style contains an element of intimacy, coupled with the use of lush color to amplify the emotional tone of the work. In this dramatic self-portrait, the viewer is confronted with Goldin's injuries, her expression a mixture of vulnerability and brazen presentation.