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Nancy Goldin (born September 12, 1953) is an American photographer and activist. Her work often explores LGBT subcultures, moments of intimacy, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the opioid epidemic. Her most notable work is The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986). The monograph documents the post-Stonewall, gay subculture and includes Goldin's family and friends. She is a founding member of the advocacy…
Known for
- Nan Goldin: I Remember Your Face2024
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed — Self2022
- Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker — Self2020
- The Deuce — Woman at the Bar Exhibit2017
- Contacts: Nan Goldin — Self1999
- Nan Goldin: In My Life — Herself1997
- I'll Be Your Mirror — Self
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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. She is a founding member of the advocacy group P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) against the opioid epidemic. She lives and works in New York City.
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1953 births20th-century American photographers20th-century American women photographers21st-century American Jews21st-century American photographers21st-century American women photographersAmerican activists for Palestinian solidarityAmerican bisexual artistsAmerican bisexual womenAmerican LGBTQ photographersArtists from MassachusettsArtists from Washington, D.C.