Description
Variety: Photographs by Nan Goldin is a compelling photobook that compiles the still photographs Goldin created for director Bette Gordon’s 1983 independent film, Variety. Published in 2009 by Skira Rizzoli and edited by James Crump, this 128-page volume offers a rare glimpse into Goldin’s symbiotic working process, showcasing hallmarks of her early work and the influence of filmmaking on her prolific career.
The images hover unsettlingly between fiction and reality, “documentary style” and art photography, revealing a curious and previously unexamined aspect of Goldin’s iconic career. The book provides a window into the collision of music, club life, and art production that colored the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the early 1980s, making it an important addition to Goldin’s oeuvre.
Copies are drying up. A surprisingly tough book to locate.
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