1996
Mark Holborn, Marvin Heiferman, Suzanne Fletcher
Afterword by Nan Goldin
First published in 1986, Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a photographic diary of her friends and lovers, what Goldin called her “tribe.” With raw candor and lush color, Goldin captured the intensity of love, desire, and struggle at the height of the early 1980s. Both deeply personal and universally resonant, the book has become a landmark of contemporary photography, its influence still shaping visual culture today.