Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin, a photographer, focusing her works on her own life and relationships explore themes of identity, love, sexuality, addiction, and morality. Through her works she has fully transformed the role of simple pictures into powerful contemporary art. An example of this could be her piece above, depicting two of her friends who were drag queens preparing for the NYC pride march, taken right before the march in a taxi. Due to the diverse interpretations that this piece offers, one could understand that this is a emphasis on their courage and beauty to fight for their own identity. Additionally, the background of the taxi and the setting of New York city creates an extremely urbanised atmosphere which could not only illustrate the decaying of nature but also imply the withering away of traditional gender and identity norms.