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JIMMY PAULETTE AND TABBOO! UNDRESSING, NYC 1991

Nan Goldin has stated: 'These are my friends, these are my family, this is myself. There is no separation between me and what I photograph.' The self-portrait shows Nan one month after being battered. It was taken to prevent Goldin from forgetting the damage caused by her boyfriend's violence. Goldin is attracted to the glamour of the world of drag-queens and transvestites.