Reading assignment

I read an "artistic self" for the reading assignment this week. It seems to me that both the artist sort of grew into the artist they are today. Shirin Neshat picked up a camera not to be a famous artist but to try and make sense of the way women were being treated in Iran and other middle eastern countries. Her shots have a political message usually and her success was unexpected. Nan Goldin's camera seems to be her therapist, partner and friend. She documents and chronicles her daily life and the camera is her release and helps her ex[plain the world to herself if not others. I have to admit that these are not exactly my favorite artist. I've studied Neshat's work before, I'm not a fan of political work usually and Goldin's pics while being well taken, just don't draw me in.