Open AccessAuthenticity, Lawlessness and the Lack of Aesthetics in Nan Goldin and Larry Clark’s Photography
Author(s) -
Qiao Fan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
arts studies and criticism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2737-4491
pISSN - 2737-4483
DOI - 10.32629/asc.v2i3.440
Subject(s) - lawlessness , photography , aesthetics , elegiac , art , art history , sociology , visual arts , law , literature , politics , political science , poetry
Nan Goldin and Larry Clark documented the real life of degenerate groups in the late 1900s in the United States by photographing. Coming from similar backgrounds, authenticity and lawlessness run through Goldin and Clark’s photography, and the lack of aesthetics in their works exactly reinforces the authenticity and lawlessness of them. The article analyses Goldin and Clark’s photography styles from their backgrounds and skills, and takes examples from Goldin’s The ballad of sexual dependency, The devil’s playground and Clark’s Tulsa to introduce and compare the authenticity and lawlessness the photographers manifest in their photography.