Born in 1953
American nationality
Photographer
Number of works in the collection : 120
QUOTES FROM THE ARTIST
“Members of some African tribes are convinced that their souls are stolen when they are photographed, but I think it depends on the photographer … I believe that you can even allow people to access their souls – by allowing them to see themselves as they are. Taking a picture of someone is like caressing them. It’s about seduction. It’s a seduction business, in a way. Sometimes my photos have been inspired by desire.”
“My photos show me how many people and things I’ve lost. My survival depended on my work. I needed to give meaning to the chaos I was living in… I used to tell myself that I would never lose someone if I photographed him…”
IN THE EYES OF YVON LAMBERT
“From now on, when she’s away from me, there’s not a week when I don’t browse through her catalogues, continually discovering a new image. It is then to her cascading laughter that I think, to her eyes so tender when they are made up, they give the illusion of joy even if Nan seems tired or preoccupied. I also think of her little camera that never leaves her, like a gri-gri protecting her forever, and finally of that sentence she shouted in a place that was forbidden to her: I’m not a man, I’m not a woman, I’m Nan Goldin”.
ADDITIONNAL RESOURCES TO WATCH
AnOther Magazine – A Candid Interview from 1986 with Seminal Photographer Nan Goldin (2018)
Youtube, Steidl – ‘I’m not Really Interested in Photography – I’m Interested in Art’ – Nan Goldin I Interview (2019)
Youtube, Tate – Nan Goldin – ‘My Work Comes from Empathy and Love’ | TateShots (2014)
Youtube, MOCA – Nan Goldin in Conversation with Lanka Tattersall (2018)
Youtube, MOCA – Nan Goldin – The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (2013)
Artnet News – Downtown Legend Richard Hell Interviews Nan Goldin About Art, Opioids, and the Sadness of Life on the Fringes (2018)
Vogue – A Conversation With Nan Goldin on the 30th Anniversary of The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (2015)
Smithsonian – Oral history interview with Nan Goldin (2017)
Bomb Magazine – Nan Goldin by Stephen Westfall (1991)