currently i'm taking photography 1 and most of the pictures i've seen were nice and interesting but today i saw some by nan goldin. and i was blown away. i haven't felt this way since reading "sula" by toni morrison. a lot of you probably know of her. http://www.artnet.com/ag/...p?aid=7135

i ironically shes a fan of andy warhol, and artist i'm not that excited over, as sweeny and anxiety may know

AsianBomb777 said:

what?!

Did somebody say Warhol?


Very cool photos!

Sweeny79 said:

aren't they? they are so direct. i was just looking at an interview on her and she was talking about most of it was a recording or her life and her friends-most of them were her close friends who died of aids

nan goldin is very cool. a lot of her stuff is kind of morbid and depressing, but there's a lot of warmth in her photos, too. i was lucky enough to see her read from david wojnarowitz's diaries back when i lived in NYC - she was very sweet and very approachable. just a super down-to-earth lady. i think the work of hers that shocked me the most were the pictures she took of cookie mueller's funeral, including a picture of cookie in her coffin.

I think the same thing every time I see a red-hot Asian babe walk by...

Anxiety said:

i didn't see those of cookie, i just saw the one's of her with her husband getting married and one with her son and the one with goldin. looks like i got some books i gotta check out

brownsugar said:

wow really?

I dig this one best.

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these are the ones i could find that caught my attention. the two pictures of the gay couples are the same.
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one more...

this is her ex that did that to her face




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brownsugar said:

Depressing or what

Annastesia22 said:

yeah it is. but what i like about them is how raw and in your face she is about photographing her life like a diary.photographing her face like that takes alot of courage-very few people wanna expose the most intimate and at the same time most vulnerable point in their life. i think that in itself shows her strength. there's no sugar coating and the intense colors make it even more so.

I like this one.

if i decide to take photography2 i might have to deal with colors, i heard it complicated but i might take that step...i love challenges

althom said:

those colors are somethin' else!

brownsugar said:

Yeah!That and I like the way she's framed it to give the feeling of the picture.

althom i think i found one of my favorite photographers

brownsugar said:

You know what you should do! You should send her an email and sak her for any advise!

althom said:

i think i'll do that! good idea

Those photos r incredible.

This picture shows so much emotion.

you are indeed an ass

AsianBomb777 said:

you know, people should have to earn licenses for photoshop, like a driver's license or something.

i tried and i couldn't find a way to contact her.