Joel Peter Witkin's images are some of the most disturbing, yet intriguing things I have ever looked at. The Portrait of Nan is something out of this world. When I look at it I get a feeling of something evil. It seems as though the lady in the picture has been possessed by some sort of demon. There are symbols that seem to make sense in this right. Her hair is suspended, as if she was being controlled by some supernatural entity. She is their puppet. She holds what looks like the corpse of a small animal, which appears to be some sort of sacrificial offering. She is not herself. She is plagued, I can tell this by the dots that mar her skin. She sits beside a skeleton that cannot even bare to look at her repulsiveness. Something covers her face, hiding from us the view of her actual appearance.