New York Girls

Richard Kern got his start in the early 1980s when he moved to New York and began making Super-8 films that explored his friends' darkest fantasies, phobias, fetishes, and desires. Featuring figures such as Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth, and Henry Rollins, the films were hugely popular in some circles and heavily controversial in others--intentional sleaze-fests such as Fingered built Kern's infamous reputation. This book is a collection of Kern's nude portraits of friends--bizarre fulfillments of their obsessions, and powerful commentary on the sexual politics of the present day.