Artist field note

Nan Goldin

A life photographed from inside it.

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Cookie at Tin Pan Alley, NYC by Nan Goldin
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Cookie at Tin Pan Alley, NYC

1983

Goldin’s friend meets the lens without being turned into a symbol. The photograph is part of a relationship.

The five in one idea

Goldin replaced photographic distance with participation. The archive matters because she was living inside it.