Nancy (Nan) Goldin is an American photographer who lives and works in New York, Berlin and Paris. Her work is known for including LGBT themes and are of a very personal and explicit nature. 

At age 18 Goldin was living and photographing drag queens; she admired them greatly, and wanted to represent them as something inspiring and people to be respected rather than outsiders.
She has been criticised, similarly to Corinne Day, for her role in the glamourisation of drug abuse and pioneering the herion chic and grunge culture which was popularised by magazines such as The Face and ID. 

In the book Auto-Focus, her photographs are described as a way to 'learn the stories and intimate details of those closest to her'. Her unique style which demonstrates her true insider position as a photographer when photographing sex, violence, and drug use.