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The Other Side 1972-1992
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The Other Side 1972-1992 Paperback - 2000

by Nan Goldin


From the publisher

Nan Goldin's seminal second book The Other Side is finally back in print. Ever since the early 1970s Goldin has lived with and among drag queens, documenting both their glamour and their struggles. The Other Side is her very personal declaration of love and gratitude to these drag queens, who showed her a way out of the captivity of pre-packaged, socially prescribed identity. As she put it: "The pictures in this book are not of people suffering gender dysphoria but rather expressing gender euphoria.... The people in these pictures are truly revolutionary; they are the real winners in the battle of the sexes because they have stepped out of the ring". In contrast to much of the early 90s drag queen mania, The Other Side has brilliantly passed the test of time: Goldin's photographs are as beautiful, moving, and vibrant as ever, heralding the utopian promises of a world where gender has stopped being a prison -- a vision that remains as vital and acute as it was when the book was first published.

Details

  • Title The Other Side 1972-1992
  • Author Nan Goldin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Edition
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scalo Publishers, Germany
  • Date September 15, 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9783908247340 / 3908247349
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.68 x 8.71 x 0.48 in (27.13 x 22.12 x 1.22 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 770.92