Nan Goldin by Elisabeth Sussman

I'll Be Your Mirror

A concise monograph that surveys pivotal images by a pioneering photographer, framing an intimate, diaristic chronicle of friends, lovers, and chosen family across nightlife and domestic spaces marked by tenderness and turmoil. The accompanying essay examines the saturated color, flash-lit immediacy, and collaborative approach that define the work, exploring themes of desire, identity, addiction, violence, grief, and resilience, and situating its cultural impact in reshaping the boundaries between personal narrative, documentary practice, and contemporary art.