These photographs described a lifestyle that was visceral, charged and seething with a raw appetite for living, and the book soon became the swan song for an era that reached its peak. A photobook classic, and perhaps the work for which new york photographer nan goldin remains best known, the ballad of sexual dependency is a visual diary chronicling the struggle for intimacy and understanding between friends and lovers collectively described by goldin as her “tribe.” her work describes a late 1970s/early 1980s new york now long gone, and a world that is visceral and. Through an accurate and detailed record of goldin's life, the ballad of sexual dependency records a personal odyssey as well as a more universal understanding of the different languages men and women speak The book's influence on photography and other aesthetic realms has continued to grow, making it a classic of contemporary photography. This page contains details about the book the ballad of sexual dependency by nan goldin published in 1986. Originally published in 1986, nan goldin’s the ballad of sexual dependency is a visual diary chronicling the struggles for intimacy and understanding among the friends and lovers whom goldin describes as her tribe
This edition includes a new afterword written by goldin in 2021 in addition to the original foreword.
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