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Goldin published The Ballad of Sexual Dependency in 1986 along with help from Marvin Heiferman, Mark Holborn, and Suzanne Fletcher, as a “visual diary” of a close group of people Goldin referred to as her “tribe”. This book contains a large selection of her photos including a forward written by herself. In this forward she describes this book as a “diary [she] lets people read”. The photos show a transition through Goldin’s travels and her life. In the end of her writing Goldin includes a small dedication “to the real memory of my sister, Barbara Goldin”.

Goldin has also been included in published works such as Auto-Focus. A book dedicated to contemporary self-portraits of photographers by Susan Bright. Goldin has included three photos of herself from various years of her life. Her photographs are described as a way to “learn the stories and intimate details of those closet to her”. It speaks of her uncompromising manner and style when photographing acts such as drug use, sex, violence, arguments, and traveling. It references one of Goldin’s famous photos Nan One Month After Being Battered, 1984 as an iconic image which she uses to reclaim her identity and her life.

Goldin his published many books specifically her Biography and book called Nan Goldin with help from Guido Costa. This book encompasses her photographs and her life as an internationally recognized photographer. The Devil’s Playground is one of Goldin’s most famous published works, including her most modern images from her series ELEMENTS, 57 Days, Still on Earth, and From Here to maternity. She has also been featured and included in published works such as Emotions & Relations and So the Story Goes, which focus on photography as a way of recording everyday lives. Both books include provocative and influential photographers along with Goldin. Other works which she has published include Eden and After and The Other Side.