Nan Goldin
| Nan Goldin | |
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Nan Goldin, 2009
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| Born |
September 12, 1953 Washington D.C., United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Photography |
| Notable work | The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986) |
| Awards |
Edward MacDowell Medal 2006 |
Edward MacDowell Medal
2012
Hasselblad Award
2007
Nancy "Nan" Goldin (born September 12, 1953) is an American photographer. She lives and works in New York City, Berlin, and Paris. She is known for her work, which usually features LGBT-related themes, images or public figures.
Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in the Boston suburb of Lexington, to middle-class Jewish parents. Goldin’s father worked in broadcasting, and served as the chief economist for the Federal Communications Commission. After attending the nearby Lexington High School, Goldin left home at 13-14. She enrolled at the Satya Community School in Lincoln, where a teacher, philosopher Rollo May’s daughter introduced her to the camera in 1968. Goldin was then fifteen years old. Goldin’s need to photograph and express herself to the world was stemmed from her older sister, Barbara’s, suicide when she was only 11 years old. Struggling from such a horrific loss, Goldin went through a stage of using drugs to help her cope, until she fell in love with the camera, which changed her life forever. It was through her photography that Goldin found meaning, and she cherished the relationships of those she photographed. She also found the camera as a useful political tool, in order to inform the public about important issues silenced in America (O'Hagan, Sean. "Nan Goldin: 'I Wanted to Get High from a Really Early Age'") Her early influences were Andy Warhol's early films, Federico Fellini, Jack Smith, French and Italian Vogue, Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton.
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