This session, facilitated by Sarah Kenrick, is an opportunity to engage with and discuss a publication.

First 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. The book's influence on photography and other aesthetic realms has continued to grow, making it a classic of contemporary photography. This anniversary edition features all-new image separations produced using state-of-the-art technologies and specially prepared reproduction files, which offer a lush, immersive experience of this touchstone monograph.

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About Sarah Kenrick

After an extensive career in lens-based media as both a practitioner and a teacher, Sarah Kenrick is embarking on a PhD in photography. Passionate about socially engaged practice, she is particularly interested in our encounters with photobooks and their place within the wider ecosystem of photography.