You know it's said that you make your own face. So you don't really have a face until you are 30 or your mid-20s. When you are starting to grow up and show your character in your face.
Nan GoldinI'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.
Nan GoldinI'm very influenced by a lot of things, but my chief influence is my friends and what I see and what I feel and my own experiences and memory.
Nan GoldinOne of the things I love so much about Valerie [Belin] is that she inhabits her body so completely. She has no self-consciousness about having stretch marks or having given birth. It's just so amazing that she has nothing to hide. Whereas all these other women see every little - supposed - imperfection - anything irregular is seen as an imperfection.
Nan Goldin