Nan Goldin began taking photographs as a teenager in Boston, Massachusetts. Her earliest works, black-and-white images of drag queens, were celebrations of the subcultural lifestyle of the community to which she belonged and which she continued to document throughout the 1990s. During this period Goldin also began making images of friends who were dying of AIDS and recorded her experiences travelling in Asia. In this TateShots interview, Goldin introduces her latest book, Eden and After; a collection of portraits she has taken of children - one of the artist's ongoing photographic subjects. The book includes portraits of Goldin's close friends' children, with moments captured from pregnancy through to teenage years of life, and provides an intimate investigation into the narrative of childhood.
Nan Goldin: 'My work comes from empathy and love'
The photographer introduces her latest book, Eden and After
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Nan Goldin
born 1953
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Nan one month after being battered
Nan Goldin
1984
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Misty and Jimmy Paulette in a taxi, NYC
Nan Goldin
1991
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Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! undressing, NYC
Nan Goldin
1991
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Greer and Robert on the bed, NYC
Nan Goldin
1982
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Self-Portrait on the train, Germany
Nan Goldin
1992
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Vivienne in the green dress, NYC
Nan Goldin
1980
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Jimmy Paulette after the parade, NYC, 1991
Nan Goldin
1991
