Nan Goldin is an American photographer born in 1953 in Washington D.C. She began photographing at age 15 after being introduced to the camera by her teacher. Goldin graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University in 1977-1978. Most of her photographs depict her life and friends, often depicting them in intimate situations like in bed or injecting drugs. Many of her subjects had died by the 1990s due to drug overdoses or AIDS.