La photographe explore au travers de deux récits personnels le thème du piège qui se referme sur une femme : l'histoire de sa soeur aînée Barbara, jugée rebelle par leurs parents et enfermée toute son adolescence dans une clinique psychiatrique, qui se suicide un jour de sortie, et deux séjours en hôpital psychiatrique dont N. Goldin fait elle-même l'expérience.

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Nan Goldin (b. 1953) is a renowned American photographer known for her intimate, diaristic images that explore love, identity, addiction and the LGBTQ+ community. Goldin has exhibited widely, with key shows at MoMA, Gagosian and Moderna Museet. Previous publications include The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986) and The Devil's Playground (2003).

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Nan Goldin's deeply personal exploration of female trauma and resistance.

Sisters, Saints and Sibyls is a tribute 'to all rebellious women struggling to survive in society.' Focusing on the tragic life of her sister, Barbara, Nan Goldin weaves together a tapestry out of medical records, family photographs and mythical allusions to Saint Barbara to compose a haunting meditation on the mistreatment of female mental health in the twentieth century. Barbara's story is intertwined with Goldin's own descent into, and emergence from, addiction, shining a brutal light on the realities of trauma, abuse and mental illness.

One of Nan Goldin's most important series, this timely publication is set to align with a major career retrospective opening at the Grand Palais, Paris, in March 2026.