
The Devil's Playground
Description
Now available in paperback, this critically acclaimed book is the most significant and comprehensive publication of Nan Goldin's photography. Internationally recognized for her intimate and compelling images, Goldin has lived and worked in Boston, New York, Berlin and in Paris, her current home, creating images of herself, her surroundings, her lovers, friends and family. Taking the form of a diary, the photographs are sequenced alongside texts chosen by Goldin, which include short stories, poems and song lyrics by leading curators, poets and writers. This results in a work that is intensely personal, with exquisitely beautiful photographs that are at times moving and enthralling, provocative and disquieting, sensual and uplifting. This book includes some of Goldin's most recent work, with many photographs published here for the first time. At this new reasonable price, it is sure to attract many more viewers to Goldin's impressive body of work.
Reviews / Votes
"You'll be drawn in, turned on, disgusted, or in love with this absorbing book, which has a strange beauty of it own."-Digital Photographer"Her work is defiantly stripped bare - in The Devil's Playground, reality bites."-Elle
"This intense, roller-coaster ride through pain and pleasure is made bearable by the extraordinary beauty of the photographs."-Time Out
"Goldin's consistent theme shines through in all its accessibility. She documents life as lived... It is fitting that the sequencing, which was laid out by Goldin herself, feels distinctly diary-esque: the profound insights often to be found in a seemingly abstract moment."-Pictured
"Testament to a community of loved and loving bodies."-Time Out
"These 500 pages of beautifully reproduced colour pictures constitute a moving soulful and surprisingly optimistic record of the work of a genius."-Diva
"For any Goldin fan, it's a must-have."-Digital Photographer