ces petits riens

Out all of Nan Goldin's vast body of work, her The Hug is an absolute favourite. The raven black hair, only the man's arm rapped around her waist showing, no faces, the only colour of the frame being the illuminating blue of her dress, the shadows on display and what seems to have been a swift and forceful movement resulting in this hug. In fact, a whole essay has been written about this photogprah by Darsie Alexander for the book Singular Images- Essays on remarkable photographs.