Nan Goldin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nan Goldin
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Sep 12, 1953(1953-09-12)
Age	71
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Horoscope	Virgo

Nan Goldin Biography

Nan Goldin is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on September 12, 1953 in Washington, D.C., United States. The controversial American photographer, known for his works “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” in 1981, “Misty & Jimmy Paulette in NYC Taxi, NYC” in 1991 and “The Hug, NYC” since 1980.

Scanlan & Theodore asked her to photograph model She was commissioned by the Scanlan & Theodore fashion label to photograph model Erin Wasson for a 2010 ad campaign. in a 2010 ad campaign.

Nancy “Nan” Goldin (born September 12, 1953) is an American photographer. Her work often explores LGBT bodies, moments of intimacy, the HIV crisis, and the opioid epidemic. Her most notable work is The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986), which documents the post-Stonewall gay subculture and Goldin’s family and friends. She lives and works in New York City, Berlin, and Paris.

This was in 1965, when teenage suicide was a taboo subject. I was very close to my sister and aware of some of the forces that led her to choose suicide. I saw the role that her sexuality and its repression played in her destruction. Because of the times, the early sixties, women who were angry and sexual were frightening, outside the range of acceptable behavior, beyond control. By the time she was eighteen, she saw that her only way to get out was to lie down on the tracks of the commuter train outside of Washington, D.C. It was an act of immense will.

She was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in the suburbs Boston, Massachusetts. Tragically, her sister committed suicide.

Nan Goldin Net Worth

Nan Goldin is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nan Goldin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At fifteen years old, she received her first camera and her first solo exhibition of photographs five years later.

“The Ballad of Sexual Dependency,” her series, featured photographs of heroin abuse, domestic violence and other extreme situations. Many of her subjects died from AIDS-related diseases or overdosed.

Goldin was born in Washington, D.C. in 1953 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. Goldin had early exposure to tense family relationships, sexuality, and suicide, as her parents often argued about Goldin’s older sister Barbara who ultimately committed suicide when Goldin was 11:

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Who is Nan Goldin Dating?

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Goldin describes her life as being completely immersed in the queens’. However, upon attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, when her professors told her to go back and photograph queens again, Goldin admitted her work was not the same as when she had lived with them. Goldin graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1977/1978, where she had worked mostly with Cibachrome prints. Her work from this period is associated with the Boston School of Photography.

Facts & Trivia

Nan Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nan Goldin celebrates birthday on September 12 of every year.

The photographs shown in the film, Working Girls (1986) as taken by the lead character “Molly,” were actually those of Goldin.

What is Nan Goldin known for?

Nan Goldin is a contemporary American photographer who became famous in the 1980s for her gritty, intimate, often chaotic images of friends, lovers, and herself in the Boston queer and party scenes of the time.

Where is Nan Goldin from?

Washington, D.C.

Where is Nan Goldin now?

She lives and works in New York City. One of the most important and influential artists of her generation, Goldin has revolutionized the art of photography through her frank and deeply personal portraiture.

Who was Nan Goldin inspired by?

Influenced by

What camera did Richard Billingham use?

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