Jen’s Hand on Clemen’s Back, Paris, 2001: The Devil’s Playground

Special edition of The Devil's Playground that is beautifully bound, individually signed and numbered, and presented in a specially made box together with an original print, also signed and numbered by Nan Goldin. Jens' hand on Clemen's back frames Goldin's friends tenderly making love, in a moment of searing intimacy to which Goldin is privileged to bear witness.Renowned for tender, honest, revealing, intimate and sometimes brutal pictures of herself and what she calls her extended family, Nan Goldin (b.1953) is so close to her subjects that they hardly remember she is there. Like a visual diary her photographs tell the stories of emotional turmoil, passion and peace. This image captures Nan's friends in moments of total self-absorption, moments into which Nan has been allowed after long periods of building up intense relationships and trust with her subjects, so that the camera is as much a part of the relationship as she is.