NAN GOLDIN | The Other Side - first edition

Nan Goldin's second book presents the lives of drag queens in 100 color and 26 duo-toned black & white plates. First edition published by Scalo and printed by Steidl in 1993.  

Let Goldin’s intimate portraits remind you that beauty thrives in the margins. Emerge on “The Other Side”— where vulnerability and self-expression shine through. 

Edited by David Armstrong and Walter Keller. Originally published on the occasion of the exhibition "NAN GOLDIN 1972-1992" at daadGalerie, Berlin.

Pages are clean and crisp. Boards have very minor wear to edges and one corner is slightly bumped. Dust jacket has moderate and obvious wear. One corner is heavily wrinkled with a half inch closed tear. Jacket has significant denting and scratching. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in good - condition. Good condition overall.

"After years of experiencing and photographing the struggle of the two genders with their codes and definitions and their difficulties in relating to each other, it was liberating to meet people who had crossed these gender boundaries. Most people get scared when they can't categorize others - by race, by age, and, most of all, by gender. It takes nerve to walk down the street when you fall between the cracks. Some of my friends shift genders daily from boy to girl and back again. Some are transsexual before or after surgery, and among them some live entirely as women while others openly identify themselves as transsexuals.

Others dress up only for stage performances and live as gay boys by day. And still others make no attempt at all to fit in anywhere, but live in a gender-free zone, flaunting their third sex status. 

The pictures in this book are not of people suffering gender dysphoria but rather expressing gender euphoria. This book is about new possibilities and transcendence. The people in these pictures are truly revolutionary; they are the real winners of the battle of the sexes because they have stepped out of the ring."
-NAN GOLDIN (from the dust jacket flap)

8.8 x 10.75 inches