This is actually a self portrait of Nan Goldin taken a month after she had been beaten by her partner. This image is part of a larger body of work, " The Ballad of Sexual Dependency." In this body of work she wanted to document sexuality, drug use, domesticity and the sometimes violent relationships of Goldin and those she hung out with. She started out using prints but then she switched to using slide shows to showcase her work. This image stood out to me because Nan managed to make something so awful sort of beautiful in a way. I was a little surprised that this was a self portrait. I like that because I know how awkward it was for me to do a self portrait that showed something personal and that was just for my class to see, I can't imagine showcasing that for the entire world to see. I find that to be very admirable.
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