The Beautiful Smile [Nan Goldin]

$550

Photobook displaying the best photographs by Nan Goldin upon winning the 2007 Hasselblad Award

In stock

Description

  • First Edition [Steidl, Gottingen, 2007]; 176 pages; blue cloth, black titling on front board & spine, image [Charlotte & Marie-Anne watching the sunset, Christmas Eve, Sette, France 2003] pasted to front, rubbed on spine with slight loss to lettering, spot stain on front, bump on board base, an excellent copy
  • Published to celebrate Goldin as winner of the 2007 Hasselblad Award [presented to a photographer recognized for major achievements]
  • The Hasselblad Foundation’s citation regarding the decision to award the prize to Goldin stated she “... is one of the most significant photographers of our time. She has been documenting her own life… for more than 30 years, focusing on the urban scene in New York & Europe in the 1970s, 80s & 90s, marked so dramatically by HIV & AIDS.
  • Collecting 150 of Goldin’s most famous photographs, including Nan one month after being battered [1984] & Nan & Brian in bed [NYC, 1983]
  • ISBN: 978-3-86521-539-0 / 9783865215390