Knowra Nan Goldin Nan Goldin Nan Goldin is an American photographer and visual artist whose intimate photographs document queer communities, relationships, addiction, and AIDS, often drawing on her own life and social circle.
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency : A photographic slideshow by Nan Goldin portraying desire, intimacy, violence, and daily life among her friends. This landmark work gathers the relationships and communities central to Goldin’s photography.
The Other Side : Nan Goldin’s photographic series portraying drag performers and transgender friends from the 1970s onward. The series centers the queer social worlds that Goldin documented from within.
Boston underground scene : A network of artists, performers, and musicians active in Boston’s counterculture during the 1970s. Goldin began photographing within this scene and its close-knit social circles.
AIDS crisis : The global epidemic of AIDS that began in the late twentieth century and caused widespread illness, death, and social upheaval. Goldin’s photographs memorialize friends lost during the epidemic and its aftermath.
Diane Arbus : An American photographer known for portraits of people on the margins of society. Arbus often photographed subjects as an outsider, unlike Goldin’s position within her community.
Slideshow : A presentation of images in sequence, often accompanied by music or narration. Goldin’s signature work uses projected sequences and music rather than isolated prints.
Cookie Mueller : An American writer and performer associated with underground art scenes and Nan Goldin’s circle. Goldin’s portraits of Mueller trace friendship, performance, and loss.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University : An art school in Boston offering undergraduate and graduate study in visual arts. Goldin studied photography there after her early work in Boston.
AIDS activism : Collective efforts to secure AIDS treatment, research, care, and civil rights. Goldin’s art and public advocacy connect personal loss to organized political action.
Larry Clark : An American photographer and filmmaker whose work depicts youth, sexuality, and drug use. Clark’s Tulsa and Goldin’s photographs both enter subcultures, but differ in setting and perspective.
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