40 years ago, Nan Goldin’s searingly intimate photobook on love, sex and belonging radically shifted photography
- Posted on January 25, 2026
- By CNN
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40 years ago, Nan Goldin’s searingly intimate photobook on love, sex and belonging radically shifted photography

in 1986, 126 of Nan Goldin’s snapshots of love and loss became one of the most influential photobooks ever made, condensed down from a 700-image slideshow that she set to music in nightclubs and avant-garde spaces.