Nan Goldin
Edward MacDowell Medal 2012 Hasselblad Award 2007
Goldin was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in the Boston suburb of Lexington, to middleclass Jewish parents. Goldins father worked in broadcasting, and served as the chief economist for the Federal Communications Commission. After attending the nearby Lexington High School, Goldin left home at 1314. She enrolled at the Setya Community School in Lincoln, where a teacher, Philosopher Rollo Mays daughter introduced her to the camera in 1968. Goldin was then fifteen years old. Her early influences were Andy Warhols early films, Federico Fellini, Jack Smith, French and Italian Vogue, Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton.
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