Aperture 239: Ballads (Nan Goldin) Self Help " The album remains influential

" The album remains influential

colour stills

by award-winning photographer Michael Brennan

dreams and reality - resonate into the twenty-first century

' Nicole Krauss

Aperture 239: Ballads (Nan Goldin) Self Help " The album remains influentialThe Ballads issue of Aperture magazine is organized around the themes contained within the original ballad intimacy, friendship, community, love, sex, trauma, music while also honoring the urgent role of the artist as a force for cultural and social change. Few works have impacted the world of photography like Nan Goldin's The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. Published by Aperture in 1986, The Ballad retains an uncommon power with its unflinching