Nan Goldin is an American contemporary photographer. Her first solo show took place in Boston in 1978 and focused her photograph on gay and transsexual communities. She has an admiration for people who recreating themselves during this time. Between 1977 and 1978, her art was mostly Cibachrome prints. After this Nan Goldin moved to New York and documented the post-punk new-wave music scene.
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Her work today is often presented in form of slideshows. Her art consists of a wide array of subjects like collaborative book projects, the New York City skyline, landscapes, and water, people, babies, family life, and parenthood. Some critics have judged her art as making heroin-use appear glamorous. Nan Goldin admits romanticising images of the drug culture.
Her 2006 exhibition ‘Chasing a Ghost’ included moving pictures, a fully narrative score, a voice over and a harrowing set of slides named ‘Sisters, Saints & Sybils’ which focused on the suicide of her sister Barbara. She won the Hassellblad Award in 2007.
