Artists similar to nan goldin biography

  • artists similar to nan goldin biography

    • If You Like Nan Goldin, You'll Love These 5 Artists

    Groundbreaking photographer Nan Goldin has produced startling and revealing documentary pictures depicting segments of American culture rarely seen or discussed since the 1970s. Her most famous series, "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency," sensitively captures her cohort of drug-taking, cross-dressing, self-destructive friends in the depressed Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan. The stark images remain as shocking today as they were when she first showed them. Here are a collection of talented artists who share Goldin's penchant for snapshot photography, colorful subjects, and emotional poignancy.

    Karlheinz Weinberger

    Karlheinz Weinberger's Lone Star Camp, Gossau (ZH) is available on Artspace for $950

    Largely unknown during his lifetime, the Swiss photographer took extensive photographs in the 1960s of his country’s Brando-worshiping biker subculture, which was elastic enough to include everyone from Nazi symp