Artist Statement of: Nan Goldin "My work originally came from the snapshot aesthetic...Snapshots are taken out of love and to remember people, places, and shared times. They're about creating a history by recording a history". (Nan Goldin) The photographs I produce enable you to see ... , New York City, USA, 1991 and Anna and Whitney at the Taal volcano, Tagayal 1992 I want to capture the duality of the physical and emotional moment in one shot. The snapshots show a vulnerable part of theses men that most people would not witness while recording the most subtly intimate connections between th...

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... their dreams. Even its villain is a love-struck duke who gnashes his way into the fantasy, content to play a starring role however venal. The film is constructed like the fevered snapshots created by your imagination before an anticipated amorous encounter. It doesn't depend on dialogue or situation but on the way you imagine a fantasy object first from one angle and then ... ...

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... , wether the viewer chooses to look or not. In the film motifs such as roses discover a new symbolic purpose, lighting opens a new realm of understanding and photographs are no longer snapshots of times once lived, but windows into the inner workings of family dysfunction. American Beauty captures its viewer in a world of symbolism and representation, which enhance not only the understanding ... ...

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