• Original 2017 Nan Goldin, Biesenthal, Document Journal in collaboration with Saint Laurent. Cover showing a colour photograph of a partially visible female figure at right — bare torso, sequined mini skirt, holding a cigarette — against a large dark wall with warm ambient light at upper left. No title text on cover; image bleeds to edges.
  • Original 2017 Nan Goldin, Biesenthal, Document Journal in collaboration with Saint Laurent. Cover showing a colour photograph of a partially visible female figure at right — bare torso, sequined mini skirt, holding a cigarette — against a large dark wall with warm ambient light at upper left. No title text on cover; image bleeds to edges.
  • Interior spread from 2017 Nan Goldin, Biesenthal. Full-bleed double-page colour photograph: a dark horse silhouetted against a deep blue-purple dusk sky, standing on or near a red structure, the image heavily out of focus with scattered light points suggesting stars or dust, creating a dreamlike, atmospheric quality.
  • Interior spread from 2017 Nan Goldin, Biesenthal. Full-bleed double-page colour photograph of two women in a warmly lit interior — left figure in dark clothing, sunglasses, resting head on hand; right figure in a silver sequined strapless dress, arm raised, cigarette in hand. A chandelier glows above, a wine glass visible at right. Amber light, smoke, and soft focus throughout.
  • nterior spread from 2017 Nan Goldin, Biesenthal, pages 34–35. Left page: close-up colour portrait of a woman in a black top, hoop earrings, looking slightly upward, shot in a café or interior with soft natural light. Right page: colour street photograph of two young women walking side by side on a Berlin pavement — one in a black jacket, one in a green jacket — looking at each other, shop fronts behind them.
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Document Journal

Nan Goldin — Biesenthal, Document Journal / Saint Laurent, 2017

Nan Goldin — Biesenthal, Document Journal / Saint Laurent, 2017

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A slender publication produced at the intersection of artist book, fashion document, and photographic sequence. Rather than functioning as a conventional campaign catalogue, Biesenthal occupies an ambiguous space between editorial commission and autonomous work. Goldin's characteristic visual language remains intact: intimacy, dependency, desire, boredom, friendship, performance, and private life unfolding through soft focus and available light.

The project takes its title from Biesenthal, a small town outside Berlin. The photographs move between interiors, landscapes, portraits, and loosely staged encounters, retaining the diaristic atmosphere that has defined Goldin's practice since The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. Even within a luxury-brand collaboration, the images resist polish. Bodies remain vulnerable, relationships remain unresolved, and narrative remains fragmentary.

An uncommon publication from a period when fashion houses increasingly sought proximity to contemporary art, yet one that feels closer to Goldin's ongoing photographic world than to conventional brand publishing. Copies surface intermittently, appearing less frequently than many of her major trade publications and institutional catalogues.

Format: Softcover artist book
Illustrations: Colour photographic reproductions throughout
Publisher: Document Journal, in collaboration with Saint Laurent, 2017
Condition: Very good. Light surface wear and handling marks from storage and circulation. Clean interior pages.

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