"Simon in his blue pyjamas, NYC"

Cibachrome

titled, dated, numbered and signed (ink) on verso

American photographer and activist Nan Goldin is known for her sensitive portraits, which often capture intimate and personal moments. Her work offers a deep insight into the lives of her circle of friends and reflects on themes such as identity, relationships, and LGBTQ+ culture. In many of her pictures, including Simon in his blue pyjamas, nyc, Goldin captures a quiet, personal moment that reflects the close relationship between the photographer and her subject. However, this is set against the backdrop that most of her friends and acquaintances from the 1970s and 1980s were already dead by the early 1990s, having died either of a drug overdose or AIDS. We know nothing about the protagonist Simon, who also appears in some later photographs.
(Christoph Fuchs, translated with DeepL)