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I won't show a picture where a person doesn't look beautiful.

Nan Goldin

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Nan Goldin
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 12
Photographer
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Washington
District of Columbia
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The thing that drives me most crazy in the world is not to be believed.
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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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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.
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My life is more important. At this point in my life I'm alone. I don't think about it a lot.
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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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I have very healthy strong relationships with women.
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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 had said that when the first Bush got elected that I would leave the country. And when the second Bush wasn't even elected properly.
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I remember so many girls when I was growing up who hated the way they looked.
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Of course I was wearing make-up, I never went anywhere without red lipstick for 25 years! It was a form of self-preservation for me to continue to wear lipstick even though my face was broken.
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