Natacha Merritt
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Natacha Merritt is an American erotic photographer and artist. Her 2000 book Digital Diaries was published by Taschen
. Merritt has been called a cheap self-promoter, a ground-breaker, and the contemporary counterpart of Anaïs Nin
. She cataloged her sexual history on the internet through explicit photographs and drew the attention of photographer Eric Kroll
, leading to the release of her photos as Digital Diaries.
Merritt was a guest speaker at the Ars Electronica Festival
in Austria
and in Melbourne
at the AGIdeas 2002 conference.In 2008 she sold the rights for a Insect Circus to Cirque du Soleil. The show became Ovo (currently touring).
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Taschen
Taschen is an art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. It began as Taschen Comics publishing Benedikt's extensive comic collection...
. Merritt has been called a cheap self-promoter, a ground-breaker, and the contemporary counterpart of Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories...
. She cataloged her sexual history on the internet through explicit photographs and drew the attention of photographer Eric Kroll
Eric Kroll
Eric Kroll is a fetish photographer and editor living in San Francisco, California.-Work:Eric Kroll has published some collections , composed introductions for influential works such as the compiled two-volume "Bizarre" collection and some Taschen folios...
, leading to the release of her photos as Digital Diaries.
Merritt was a guest speaker at the Ars Electronica Festival
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
at the AGIdeas 2002 conference.In 2008 she sold the rights for a Insect Circus to Cirque du Soleil. The show became Ovo (currently touring).
Books
- Digital Diaries 2000
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