Week 6 - Camera Use - Flash - Research

Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin is an American photographer known for her deeply personal and candid portraiture. Goldin’s images act as a visual autobiography documenting herself and those closest to her, especially in the LGBTQ community. Her opus The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1980–1986) is a slideshow of snapshots set to music that chronicled her life within the subcultures of New York in the 1980s, and is intended to be seen in an installation. "The slideshow is really my medium. I wanted to make films. That was always the ambition,” Goldin has said. The Ballad was first exhibited at the 1985 Whitney Biennial, and was made into a photobook the following year. Born Nancy “Nan” Goldin on September 12, 1953 in Washington, D.C., the artist began taking photographs as a teenager. Influenced by the fashion photography of Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin she saw in magazines, an instructor introduced her to the work of art photographers such as Diane Arbus, Larry Clark, and August Sander. She currently lives and works between New York, Paris, and London.

http://www.artnet.com/artists/nan-goldin/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Goldin
I've looked at the book called The Photograph as Contemporary Art. Published 2004.

 Nan Goldin

Untitled (From «Variety» Series #103), 1983

Phillips London

Est. 8,000–12,000 GBP Referencehttp://www.artnet.com/artists/nan-goldin/

I see some lights in the background, Circle Leish shop in the midground and the artist model in the foreground.
This photo has been taken  outside at night. I see bricks which are pattern. A bit of repetition and cropping. This photo has been taken in colour. I think the photo has used flash because it was taken at night and the flash would have to be on to make it light. Flash from her camera. 

Nan Goldin

Untitled

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The car seats are red. They have only got their left hand on the steering wheel and their right hand on the eccalarator. I see leading lines on the car seats. This photo has been taken inside the car at night. This photo has been taken in colour. The flash was on.

Edith Amatuanai

Edith Amituanai

Date of birth

1980

Place of birth

Auckland (region), New Zealand

Nationality

New Zealander, Samoan

Gender

Female

"I have chosen Edith as the inaugural recipient of the award as I believe she has an exceptional talent. I particularly like the way her photographic essays portray people and places that reveal New Zealanders and all their diversity. She is a most worthy recipient of an Award that will support the development of the medium of photography."Marti Friedlander, 2007. 

http://edithamituanai.com
http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/6716/edith-amituanai

THE LAIS, 2009. 

I see shadows on the carpet, pattern on her couch and on her curtain. The flash was on. This photo has been taken in colour. The couch is gold. The flash was on. I think it was the fill in flash. 

NUNU, 2009

I see reflection through Edith Amatuanai's floor in the kitchen. I see the kitchen windows in the background. The flash was on. There are cars outside the kitchen windows. This photo was taken inside during the day. The fridge is on the right. The artist model and sink are in the middle and the oven is on the left. This photo was taken in colour. It was the fill in flash.