Intimacy at Work: Nan Goldin and Rineke Dijkstra
2015; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 39; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03087298.2015.1038109
ISSN2150-7295
Autores Tópico(s)Photography and Visual Culture
ResumoContemporary photographers Rineke Dijkstra and Nan Goldin each seek intimacy through portrait making. Perhaps not surprisingly, their work is most frequently framed in terms of either empathy or voyeurism. Considering selections from Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency and Dijkstra’s New Mothers photographs, this essay argues that instead of approaching the text critically through the lens of ‘voyeurism’, this work is best explored by focusing on the question of ‘intimacy’. This essay situates the notion of intimacy both theoretically and historically, considering the workings of intimacy and its relationship to the persistence of inside/outside binaries (most frequently applied in discussion of the dynamics of the photographer/subject relationship). Looking at the way intimacy is represented through the surfaces of skin and the pregnant or maternal body, this essay speaks to questions of intention and critical reception and considers the ways in which photographers, subjects, and audiences engage wi...
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