The complete disregard for the camera's presence indicates its complete saturation in their lives. The subject neither notices nor seems to care that someone has been invited into their private moment.
I always thought if I photographed anyone or anything enough, I would never lose the person, I would never lose the memory, I would never lose the pl… - Nan Goldin
I always thought if I photographed anyone or anything enough, I would never lose the person, I would never lose the memory, I would never lose the pl…
- Nan Goldin
If I want to take a picture, I take it no matter what. - Nan Goldin
If I want to take a picture, I take it no matter what.
For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that you can actually give people access to… - Nan Goldin
For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that you can actually give people access to…
The camera is as much a part of my everyday life as talking or eating or sex. - Nan Goldin
The camera is as much a part of my everyday life as talking or eating or sex.
I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having… - Nan Goldin
I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having…
My work is mostly about memory. It is very important to me that everybody that I have been close to in my life I make photographs of them. - Nan Goldin
My work is mostly about memory. It is very important to me that everybody that I have been close to in my life I make photographs of them.
Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures. - Nan Goldin
Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures.
I'm very influenced by a lot of things, but my chief influence is my friends and what I see and what I feel and my own experiences and memory. - Nan Goldin
I'm very influenced by a lot of things, but my chief influence is my friends and what I see and what I feel and my own experiences and memory.
I think the wrong things are kept private - Nan Goldin
I think the wrong things are kept private
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