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Nan Goldin

1953 - Today

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Nancy Goldin (born 1953) is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the bohemian LGBT subcultural communities, especially dealing with the devastating HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Her most notable work is The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. In the slideshow and monograph (1986) Goldin portrayed her chosen "family", meanwhile documenting the post-punk and gay subcultures. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nan Goldin is the 29th most popular photographer (up from 31st in 2019), the 2,660th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,490th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Nan Goldin ranks 29 out of 148. Before her are Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, Irving Penn, André Kertész, and Carl Van Vechten. After her are Guillermo Kahlo, Wilhelm Brasse, Roger Fenton, Étienne Carjat, William Klein, and Robert Mapplethorpe.

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Among people born in 1953, Nan Goldin ranks 107. Before her are Sergei Ivanov, Kate Capshaw, Danny Elfman, Manfred Kaltz, Valery Gergiev, and Reinhard Marx. After her are Madhav Kumar Nepal, Frances Conroy, William Petersen, Đorđe Balašević, David Chipperfield, and Jeb Bush.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nan Goldin ranks 2,660 out of 20,380. Before her are Aaron Spelling (1923), Glenn Davis (1934), Daryl Hannah (1960), Lynda Carter (1951), Paul Goodman (1911), and Chris Evans (1981). After her are Big Van Vader (1955), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Pam Grier (1949), Robert Ballard (1942), Frederick William Franz (1893), and Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Nan Goldin ranks 8. Before her are Annie Leibovitz (1949), Diane Arbus (1923), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), Irving Penn (1917), and Carl Van Vechten (1880). After her are William Klein (1928), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Berenice Abbott (1898), Lewis Hine (1874), Edward Weston (1886), and Paul Strand (1890).

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