Name: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Author: Nan Goldin
ISBN: 9780893812362

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The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

Photographer
Nan Goldin
Publisher

Aperture
ISBN

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Publication Year

1986
Edition

First Edition

Hardcover (Cloth with Dust Jacket) Hardcover English 144 pages 10.2 x 9.3 x 0.7 inches 1.0 kg

Description

Regarded as a cornerstone of contemporary photography, “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” transformed the medium by merging the personal with the political. Edited by Marvin Heiferman, Mark Holborn, and Suzanne Fletcher, the book captures the “tribe” Goldin inhabited—a world of beauty, pain, and profound connection. Its influence on subsequent generations of photographers and its role in establishing the “snapshot” as a high-art form cannot be overstated. This 1986 first edition remains the most sought-after version for collectors, representing the original impact of Goldin’s unfiltered vision.

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