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Your work is primarily concerned with honesty, so how does that work when you photograph fashion or celebrities?
That’s not so much about honesty. It’s more about finding my own aesthetic in the situation — trying to stay true to my own aesthetic instead of doing what they want. A lot of fashion replicated my work but it was all cleaned up. I can have fun, I can enjoy it. It’s not my goal to become close to Robert Pattinson, who I did a big Dior campaign with. I’d never heard of him before! One of my great things is I don’t know who anybody is. If the designer interests me and the location interests me then it’s easier. I photograph places a lot now — architecture, the sky, water. I’m more interested in all of that right now. Sometimes I meet people who touch me. My friends have gotten old and they’re not always as happy to be photographed. But I still photograph some of the same people [whom she commonly refers to as her tribe] that I did at the beginning.
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Nan Goldin par Abel FerraraNan Goldin et Abel Ferrara se sont rencontrés à Venise pour une collaboration artistique inédite. Pour l'occasion, le cinéaste a fait une interview décapante de la photographe. En exclusivité.
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Pourtant, tu es obsédée par l'esthétique, la mode...
J'ai dit "esthétisant", pas esthétique ! J'ai adoré prendre en photo des femmes comme Kate Moss, nue sur un cheval, ou Tilda Swinton, couverte d'une peau. Face à elles, je suis en mode "caresse". J'ai aussi beaucoup aimé photographier Robert Pattinson pour Dior, sous une lumière crue. Il ressemble à un portrait du peintre Paul Cadmus exposé au Brooklyn Museum de New York... Même cheveux bruns, même regard bleu... Rien de lui ne rime avec "joli".
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Nan Goldin and Goldin FerraraNan Abel Abel Ferrara met in Venice for a unique artistic collaboration. For the occasion, the director made a scathing interview with the photographer. Exclusively.
... Yet you're obsessed with aesthetics, fashion I said "esthétisant" not aesthetic! I loved taking pictures of women like Kate Moss naked on a horse, or Tilda Swinton, covered with skin. Facing them, I am fashion "caress". I also enjoyed photographing Robert Pattinson for Dior, in a harsh light. It looks like a portrait of the painter Paul Cadmus exposed to the Brooklyn Museum in New York ... Even brown hair, same blue eyes ... Nothing of him that rhyme with "pretty".
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Ten questions for Nan Goldin...
Your work is primarily concerned with honesty so how does that work when you photograph fashion or celebrities?
That’s not so much about honesty it’s more about finding my own aesthetic in the situation - trying to stay true to my own aesthetic instead of doing what they want. A lot of fashion replicated my work but it was all cleaned up. I can have fun, I can enjoy it. It’s not my goal to become close to Robert Pattinson who I did a big Dior campaign with. I’d never heard of him before! One of my great things is I don’t know who anybody is. If the designer interests me and the location interests me then it’s easier. I photograph places a lot now, architecture, the sky, water. I’m more interested in all of that right now. Sometimes I meet people who touch me.
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