Nan Goldin

Gina at Bruce's Dinner Party
Going through all of the photos within the book about the photographer, Nan Goldin it was quite apparent that they liked to get a sense of what goes on when no one is looking, whether it be a moment of intimacy, hidden emotions, or anything else that could happen behind closed doors. Out of all of the photos within the book, this one stuck out the most to me personally. At first glance I was already captivated by the underlying emotion that layed within the photo. The captian alone says a lot. It explains that this woman is at a dinner party, now usually when I think of dinner parties I think of everyone gathered around a table or all huddled up in the livingroom or some spot talking and laughing over a bite to eat, but this photo is far from that. Instead the woman in this photo seems quite lonely, and is in fact alone within the picture. The expression on the womans face is what I found to be the most captivating part about this photo. Just looking into her eyes makes you feel as though she is thinking really hard about something that is on her mind, or that she is regretting having gone to that dinner party. Like the rest of Nan Goldin's photo's the characters within the photo's have extremely big emotions evoking from them whether that person is aware of it or not. The rawness of the pure emotion within Goldins work, is what I find to be the most amazing form of photography.