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I start to paint my walls. And I'm heavily influenced by films.

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