Nan Goldin Is Our Watteau

Sometime in the mid 1980s at the Aperture Foundation, which was then on 23rd Street, my friend Catherine was up on the platform with the photographer Nan Goldin as Nan was putting her slideshow together. Catherine came over to me and told me that Nan said, “I see you brought Joe along, he can’t seem to keep away from me.” “I heard about your letter,” Catherine said. “What letter?” “The one where you declared your undying love for her,” she said. “What? I sent her a check!” I said.