As a teenager in Boston in the 1960's, then in New York in starting in the 1970's, Nan Goldin has taken intensely personal, spontaneous, sexual, and transgressive photographs of her family, friends, and lovers. In 1979 she presented her first slideshow in a New York nightclub, and her richly colored, snapshot like photographs were soon heralded as a groundbreaking contribution to fine art photography. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency-the name she gave her ever-evolving show-eventually grew into a forty-five minute multimedia presentation of more than 900 photographs, accompanied by a musical soundtrack. I personally enjoy the snapshot like quality of Goldin's work. That, coupled with the vibrant colors really give the images a candid and very personal feel to them. The content of the images is sometimes hard for the viewer to deal with, but Goldin makes images that need to be seen. These images speak to me in ways that very few others could, and can not only immerse the viewer into a different time, but almost allow the viewer to get a taste of what her subjects are thinking, doing, seeing, and feeling.
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