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I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.
Nan Goldin
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Nan Goldin
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 12
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Washington
District of Columbia
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The main thing that I want to say is that I don't think women are at their most beautiful in their adolescence or in their early 20s.
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I don't even like photography at all. I'm just doing photography until I can do something better.
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I'm not ashamed of my body and you know everything in the fashion world, if I was vulnerable to it, could drive me crazy. I think it produces so much self-hatred.
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Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures.
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Stella McCartney is [my] big fan.
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It's a hideous feeling to go round shopping and even feel like you are a freak.
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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 a camera with me at all times.
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No Jews have our own guilt, that's why we have psychiatrists - the Jewish version of a priest.
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[I want to] refuting the whole idea that there is only one way to look that women have to be so skinny to look good that they have to be 12 years old and wearing clothes that only women in their 30s and 40s can afford.
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It's so rare to see a woman's sexuality, real female sexuality, either in the shows or in the clothes.
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The things that I look at include Renaissance art. I'm obsessed with churches and paintings of saints.
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I start to paint my walls. And I'm heavily influenced by films.
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I know somewhat about Kate [Moss who featured in the Vogue spread]. I always thought that Kate's look had come from my old friend Siobhan Liddell and some of her friends because they dressed like that about ten years ago. Unconsciously, and right after that, that whole look sort of came out.
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I have very healthy strong relationships with women.
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I won't show a picture where a person doesn't look beautiful.
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I also photographed Maggie Cheung - but these didn't develop into a friendship either.
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I'm very flattered when people I respect like my work. It's like a dream of a little kid when somebody I idolised likes my work.
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I also met Dominique Sanda, who I always worshipped.
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