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PHOTOGRAPHER

Nan Goldin

1953 - Today

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Nancy Goldin (born September 12, 1953) is an American photographer and activist. Her work often explores LGBT subcultures, moments of intimacy, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the opioid epidemic. Her most notable work is The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nan Goldin has received more than 1,274,864 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Nan Goldin is the 57th most popular photographer (down from 40th in 2019), the 3,762nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,882nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Photographer.

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  • 52.00

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Nan Goldin ranks 57 out of 105Before her are Inge Morath, Sophie Calle, Ansel Adams, Lennart Nilsson, Cornell Capa, and Gustav Klutsis. After her are Hiroshi Sugimoto, Étienne Carjat, René Burri, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Erich Salomon, and Henry Peach Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Nan Goldin ranks 130Before her are Yolande Moreau, Laurentino Cortizo, Mark Thatcher, Leon Spinks, Myung-whun Chung, and Joseph Augustus Zarelli. After her are Ian Khama, Leonel Fernández, Salvatore Garau, David Hurley, Amy Irving, and Midge Ure.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nan Goldin ranks 3,762 out of 18,182Before her are Leslie Jones (1967), Barry Commoner (1917), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), Sydne Rome (1951), Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), and Paul Castellano (1915). After her are Seymour Cassel (1935), Don Alden Adams (1925), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Maila Nurmi (1922), Edward MacDowell (1860), and David Harbour (1975).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Nan Goldin ranks 14Before her are Lewis Hine (1874), Edward Weston (1886), Berenice Abbott (1898), Paul Strand (1890), Carl Van Vechten (1880), and Ansel Adams (1902). After her are Berry Berenson (1948), William Klein (1928), Herb Ritts (1952), Imogen Cunningham (1883), Wilson Bentley (1865), and Spencer Tunick (1967).