Nan Goldin Photographer

My subjects are my circle of friends and love ones, for this reason my work and my life are locked together. I have the deepest respect for those whom I have captured and I carefully try to avoid presenting them in an inappropriate or inconsiderate manner. What I capture is the moment of truth. I put faces to statistics and make you realize that there are real people behind inconceivable num

bers. My images may be uncomfortable to you and even a bit taboo, but that is what makes them so intimate. My photographs may not be pretty in the sense of the cannon of what a pretty picture is supposed to look like, but they are beautiful in the sense that they capture the essence of the person. I approach my subjects with sensitivity and compassion. My controversial perception breaks the boundaries that define traditional conventions by exhibiting informality, communication, and vulnerability. They are not judgmental commentaries rather a documentation of the social experience.

Anna and Whitney at the Taal volcano, Tagayal 1992

"My work changes as I change, I feel an artist's work has to change, otherwise you become a replication of yourself." (Nan Goldin)

In certain aspects I can identify or relate to the situation and that causes me to become part of the portrait. What you see is w

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