The Ballad Of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin
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Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, originally devised as a slideshow to entertain the artist's friends, is a deeply personal narrative formed out of the artist’s own experiences around Boston, New York, Berlin, and elsewhere in the late 1970s, 1980s, and beyond.. Titled after a song in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, Goldin’s Ballad is itself a kind of downtown opera; its protagonists—including the artist herself—are captured in intimate moments of love and loss. They experience ecstasy and pain through sex and drug use; they revel at dance clubs and bond with their children at home; and they suffer from domestic violence and the ravages of AIDS. “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is the diary I let people read,” Goldin wrote. “The diary is my form of control over my life. It allows me to obsessively record every detail. It enables me to remember.”
Touted as the creator of "Heroin Chic", Goldin's work has nevertheless stood the test of time as a raw and visceral look at youth culture in New York in the 1970's and 80's. Her ability to capture intimate and tense moments honestly has influenced a generation of photographers, and has made this iconic photography book a must-have for the modern photographer.
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