PTSD

by Julia Fox

Genres: Nonfiction, Photography, Memoir, Art, Drugs

Paperback

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Julia Francesca Fox is an actress, model, and media personality.

Reviews

[♥Milica♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this after Down the Drain, which didn't have any pictures, but this makes up for it. I'd still love to see more though, her life seems so interesting.

[Haley Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

i mean wow

supplemental reading for Down the Drain and provides intense imagery to the horrific things Julia described in that book.
she organized this so beautifully.
truly turning pain into art.

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

love the visuals this provides for down the drain. she inspires me to turn my pain into art, reminds me that even when i’m hurting i can create and take back my power

[tessie · Rating 5 out of 5]

ive been julia fox pilled…… i needed to put faces to names and also was kinda shook by her photographic talent. wish i could get a physical copy of this

[paulbjensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

77

[Morgan Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great supplement to Down the Drain, Julia has always been that girl.

[Ville Verkkapuro]

Ohhhh I've been dreaming about reading this for the longest time, just having seen some pictures before. I was even considering buying it from eBay for 2500 dollars, but luckily didn't as just browsing through the PDF I found was enough to be sent beyond space and time to another life where the air is thick, hope is thin and everyone is either fucked or looking for somebody or something to fuck. These images, dirty and beat-up Midwest, is something I have laid my eyes upon from the window of the train from Chicago to Detroit, all the white houses with broken cars and flags and crosses, walking the abandoned streets of Detroit with the only people in sight being the homeless dragging their feet on the concrete, walking nowhere. This is to me a very familiar life, it's a poor life with nothing to look forward to but the next fix but at the same time there's romance in giving up, dying before your time, there's beautiful people with songs in their hearts and there is creativity, there is beauty in the ruins, watching the starts from the gutter like Oscar Wilde would've said.

[cameryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Julia fox is easily the most interesting famous person

[amelia]

so julia

[Sarah Langel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Looked through these after reading down the drain but was somehow compelled to admire these again after finishing an eve babitz book.

Julia fox will forever be one of the few celebrities that I adore. I strongly recommend reading this after down the drain. She is that girl. these are horrifyingly vulnerable, concerning, glamorous (?), and what I consider true art.

[Cici Fernandes · Rating 5 out of 5]

found on the web archive. Julia’s second photobook documents her time in Louisiana in amateur, uncensored photos that evoke the desperation, heat, chaos, and antipathy of the south. helps round out the experiences detailed in Down the Drain. have yet to find a full version of heartburn/nausea.

[Sienna lambert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely beautiful and artistic. Viewed right after reading the corresponding chapter in Down the Drain contextualising the photos with a rich history making it a moving viewing experience. The images are distinctly drug epidemic/working class mid western America and there’s something very poetic about these people in their sexual liberty and contrasting vulnerability. These people are hurt but they are also free.

[aslı · Rating 5 out of 5]

looked it up on reddit und wow es stellt so gut dar was man in down the drain gelesen hat

[boris oatmeal · Rating 3 out of 5]

fox captures the bloody, sweaty, stinking swelter of a life many of us will never see. but even without contextual parallels, her lens' searing pain and love are translatable. disgustingly, shockingly, beautifully translatable. what a brave work this is. i would do anything to see the rest of her camera roll.

[Anna Marston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marking as read as I found this online as supplemental reading to Down the Drain…beautiful reminder that pain can be reclaimed as art. I also liked putting faces to names from Julia’s book.

[Sabrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Where is Jack Donoghue?? >:(

[Snow · Rating 3 out of 5]

julia fox’s memoir DOWN THE DRAIN describes her life in a straightforward way; if you want to see the physical impact of her hard days, i recommend this photo collection. cw: it does have photos of heroin injection and includes nudity.

[Kira Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

soooooo cool! very interesting after reading down the drain and knowing where she was in life making this. i hope she makes more arty books!!

[Isabella Range]

Going down a rabbit hole rn

[Evangellon]

supplementary read to Down the Drain

[mai · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m down a Salem rabbit hole right now and the way in which Julia Fox captures the softness and fragility of John Holland brings out an empathy that almost makes you want to look away from the emotionally intimate photographs. The writings, and photographs of course, felt as though I was seeing something not supposed to be seen and the vulnerability of all parties encapsulates the tragedy that can happen when entering a cryptically doomed relationship. Fox also conveys the melancholic and bittersweet beauty of the south via her personal exploration into the local infrastructure and people she had encountered and befriended. The images are shocking, but they are supposed to be. They represent the pain and conversely vibrant community that exists in the rural south.

Part of me wishes for another physical release so I could own the book, but it feels more fitting that it remains elusive and is accessible to only those who seek it out through internet archives.

[Strider · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love you Jack Donoghue

[Antonio Álvarez Gómez · Rating 5 out of 5]

La lectura de Down the Drain me llevó a PTSD, que reúne fotografías, ilustraciones y poemas creados por Julia Fox durante su viaje con Harmony Abrams a la costa del golfo dónde convivió con John Holland (Eric en la autobiografía) y Jack Donoghue (Brian), ambos miembros del grupo de música electrónica SALEM. Surge como una respuesta a los tortuosos romances narrados en su primer catálogo Heartburn/Nausea y su contenido formó parte de la exposición en la que Julia recreó la habitación donde vivió durante su estancia en Louisiana.

Transgresor, gráfico y auténtico, el libro captura tanto la intimidad de su hogar en el bayou como las imágenes de una ciudad que, diez años después (2015), aún no se había recuperado del paso devastador del huracán Katrina (2005).


El escape de la ansiedad de NY y el hedonismo sureño que Julia narra en su autobiografía aquí se transforman en fotografías e imágenes crudas pero llenas de sensibilidad. Una obra que funciona como una excelente compañía tras la lectura de su autobiografía que la expande revelando un costado más íntimo y visual de su viaje personal.

[andre · Rating 5 out of 5]

puf! la julia fox és La Persona Més Important

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‘In your arms I’d love to die
are those my tears
within your eyes

And I just want you all the time
and I’ll take your pain
and I’ll make it mine’ (Poem 4 John)

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Viewed after reading the corresponding chapter in Down the Drain, the book lacks pictures, and this book helped fill the visual void in that era of the author's life. The balls it takes to be this open, vulnerable, and painstakingly naked with the world. Wish i could purchase a physical version of this!

[Samantha Toh · Rating 5 out of 5]

To be able to view such a personal and raw picture essay of someone's life experience is a huge honour. Julia put out this intimate piece out in the world as real art and a genuine and true reflection of her life. She is so strong and her story inspires me to continue making art and meaning of my life. Julia is a rarity in this world. She is an artist in the truest sense of the word.

[Hermusings]

Read this as supplementary read to Down the Drain (which I’m still listening to).
I kept wishing I had visuals for some of what she was describing so this really brings to life that time period in her life in addition to now knowing how she felt.

[Kayley Colling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just read this from a photo thread off of Reddit (curse the 500 dollar eBay sales of this book) but this is a beautiful picture into Julia’s pain and i feel like i was there with her. The notes between her and John were so breathtaking

[Anna Ngo · Rating 3 out of 5]

tw: nudity, nsfw18+, vulgar, drug use. Photobook. fascinating life. cool photography. some poems. would be nice to include dates, titles? but i guess art doesn't need an explanation, pure interpretation.

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[Sharon G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intriguing zine.