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I like Stella [McCartney] a lot - she's a very open and warm person. I don't particularly want to know about her background.

Nan Goldin

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Nan Goldin
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 12
Photographer
Printmaker
Washington
District of Columbia
Nancy Goldin
Nancy Nan Goldin
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