Title: The devil's playground /
Authors: Goldin, Nan,; Jenkinson, John.
Date: 2003
Publisher: Phaidon,
Physical description: 503 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language: English
LC classification: T
Abstract: THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND is the most significant book published to date on Nan Goldin (b. 1953), one of the most prominent and influential contemporary photographers. It contains Goldin's latest works alongside earlier classics, including images from new series such as ELEMENTS, 57 DAYS, STILL ON EARTH, and FROM HERE TO MATERNITY, many of which are published here for the first time. This book is an intimate and compelling photographic portrait, telling personal stories of relationships and identity while chronicling different eras and the passage of time. Goldin's photographic sequences are interspersed with texts, poems, and lyrics by prominent writers.
Contents: Elements -- Family of Own Gender -- End of a Century -- The Stranger Song -- Getting High -- From Here to Maternity -- The Birth of Max Mueller -- September 25, 1971 -- Nesting -- Baby Doc -- Skating on Thin Ice -- Libe, Paris -- Mantra of Love & Ecstasy -- French Kiss, Joana & Aurele -- Memory Lost -- 57 Days, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City -- Falling into an Empty Pool, India, 2000 -- Empty Rooms -- First Love, Simon & Jessica -- Valerie -- The Promise -- Mon am', Valerie & Bruno -- Mercredi 24 Mars; 4H30 Matin Doux -- Sweat, Clemens & Jens -- I like my body when it is with your -- She's Free -- Still on Earth -- Everyone Gets Lighter -- Positive Grid II -- Cinema Voltaire, Priory Hospital, Roehampton, London -- Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow -- Hallelujah -- The Priory Series -- L'Eden et apres -- Relics -- Biography & Select Bibliography -- Index of Works -- Translation & Text Credits -- Acknowledgements.
Subject headings (LCSH): Goldin, Nan, 1953-; Photography of the nude.; Photography, Artistic.; Photography, Erotic.; Portrait photography.