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Bristol Photo Festival, Fotohane Darkroom and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Two Graces © Nan Goldin, 2010, courtesy of Gagosian This week, we had the chance to check out Nan Goldin’s unseen work in You never did anything wrong at the Gagosian, New York. Blending classical mythology with her well-beloved raw and intimate portrayals of human vulnerability, Goldin brings a haunting yet tender perspective of the body, the erotic and gender to the round, open and bright space in the West Village. Using grid photographs, the artist's autobiographical images are mirrored by photographs taken in museums of artworks from antiquity. The exhibition centres around two video installations – The Stendhal Syndrome and the title piece You never did anything wrong – and introduces new photographs, continuing her exploration of deeply personal and universal themes of trauma, memory, beauty, and grief. The eponymous video installation is an abstract, poetic reflection that intertwines the metaphor of a solar eclipse with the internal emotional landscapes of pain and reconciliation. © Nan Goldin, 2024, courtesy of Gagosian The Stendhal Syndrome is a more narrative and visually rich work that juxtaposes imagery from classical European art works alongside Goldin’s iconic photographs of her friends, lovers, and muses. Goldin uses her familiar slide-show format to take us on a journey through her images in a meditative space, with voiceovers from the artist narrating stories such as the myths of Narcissus and Orpheus. Named after the psychosomatic condition in which a person feels overwhelmed by beauty, often in front of great art, the film underscores the emotional potency of love and loss in art across centuries. Goldin’s selection of new photographs sits alongside some of her best-known work from the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s, including The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, which feels like a gesture to her earliest fans and also an encouragement to newcomers. Goldin’s recent works continue her tradition of capturing friends from marginalised communities, with a focus on the artist’s transgender peers, and sexual intimacy among the more vulnerable members of society. Though the show’s curation and design are straightforward, it is a strikingly beautiful, enchanting experience. Goldin’s visual language endures, somewhere on the constantly shifting boundaries between the personal and the public, the beautiful and the painful. [Build the way you want]( © Minxu Li, Female in Focus 2022 single image winner OPENING SOON | Female in Focus in partnership with Nikon In August 2024, we surveyed over 1,000 respondents from our audience. The findings reveal that, on average, the women working in the photography industry who took the survey earn 30% less than their male counterparts and 55% of the women have experienced gender discrimination in the workplace. Additionally only 34% of major photography award winners over the past five years have been women. This year, thanks to our partnership with Nikon, photographers can enter one portrait for free. To increase your chances, become a [Full Access Member]( and submit up to 10 single images or one series. [Learn more]( [Build the way you want]( Foto Tallinn showcases a compact but meaningful glimpse of contemporary photography The festival contrasts regional Estonian artists with European creatives resonating with a web of social issues, Sarah Moroz reports [Read more]( Imperialism, economics and new talents at Bristol Photo Festival 2024 After its inaugural event was curtailed by the pandemic, [Bristol Photo Festival]( returns with a second edition that is both locally rooted and outward looking [Read more]( Fotohane Darkroom offers children from the Kurdish, Syrian and Iraqi borders a space to express themselves Following on from their last venture, founders Serbest Salih and Amar Kılıç tell BJP about why they use photography with displaced children [Read more]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](