PHOTOGRAPHER

Nan Goldin

1953 - Today

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Nancy Goldin (born 1953) is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the bohemian LGBT subcultural communities, especially dealing with the devastating HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Her most notable work is The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nan Goldin has received more than 1,378,489 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Nan Goldin is the 31st most popular photographer (up from 57th in 2019), the 2,490th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,752nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Nan Goldin ranks 31 out of 148. Before her are Yousuf Karsh, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Fenton, Irving Penn, Berenice Abbott, and Jan Saudek. After her are Guillermo Kahlo, Claude Cahun, Edward Weston, Lewis Hine, Jacques Henri Lartigue, and Wilhelm Brasse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Nan Goldin ranks 103. Before her are Jerome Powell, Teresa Orlowski, Danny Elfman, Ulrich Mühe, Jeb Bush, and Aleksandr Akimov. After her are Rick Moranis, James Remar, David Hurley, Laurentino Cortizo, Periko Alonso, and Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nan Goldin ranks 2,490 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeff Daniels (1955), Aaron Eckhart (1968), Jesse Livermore (1877), George Antheil (1900), Julia Ann (1969), and John Mearsheimer (1947). After her are Mervyn LeRoy (1900), Harry Dexter White (1892), Sela Ward (1956), George Segal (1934), Bruce Nauman (1941), and James Ingram (1952).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Nan Goldin ranks 9. Before her are Diane Arbus (1923), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Richard Avedon (1923), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Irving Penn (1917), and Berenice Abbott (1898). After her are Edward Weston (1886), Lewis Hine (1874), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Paul Strand (1890), Herb Ritts (1952), and William Klein (1928).

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