Best of Nan Goldin Inspired Series

I included these photos in my best of series, not only because they most represent Nan Goldin's work, but because they most reflect my progress this semester. I have gained so much from this project, and have found real enjoyment from putting words and effects to my self portraits.

Series 3

In my third series I attempted to be my own subject in more subtle forms than in my previous series. I also attempted to make each photograph have a different tone, but as a collection to fit together. I think that I did not do as well of a job as I had hoped of making them all fit together, but I really enjoyed trying out many different editing techniques. Although I have altered from Nan Goldin's style quite a lot with each new series, I think I have been successful in conveying a meaning or conflict in each of my photos through the image and words.

In this series, I tried experimented with new effects on picmonkey, and attempted to use more thought provoking phrases and lines in my pictures. Many of the lines I have thought of myself, but I have also used lines from Slug from Atmosphere, MF Doom, and Madlib. I attempted to directly contrast or correspond my photos with the phrases or lyrics. I attempted to use a tripod and more self timers during this series draft, but I also just took many of my photos with my own hands, which Nan Goldin also believes is very effective.