- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Scalo Publishers; New edition edition (September 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3908247349
- ISBN-13: 978-3908247340
- Product Dimensions: 27.1 x 22.1 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 748 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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#1,802,118 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #24 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( G-I ) > Goldin, Nan
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Book Description
Nan Goldin's seminal second book The Other Side is finally back in print. Ever since the early 1970's 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 90's 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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
poignant & beautiful,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Other Side 1972-1992 (Paperback)
In the intro to The Other Side, Nan refers to the Oscar Wilde saying that "who are who you pretend to be." Through the photography of those closest to her, those excruiciatingly beautiful people whose gender just happens to be ambiguous, Nan shows how our pretending seeps into every corner of our personas. I love this book!!
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Nan Goldin Takes over the World!,
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This review is from: The Other Side 1972-1992 (Paperback)
This book spans many different images from Nan Goldin's career from transvestites to hookers, who are generally her friends. She captures very candidly, the very soul and essence of these "creatures" daily existences (which is probably be very different from your world). The colors and images are nothing short of amazing, but then again, this a book of Nan Goldin's photography. This book is worth every dollar - the only thing better would be to visit a gallery or have one of her photos in your home.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
poignant & beautiful,
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This review is from: The Other Side 1972-1992 (Paperback)
In the intro to The Other Side, Nan refers to the Oscar Wilde saying that "who are who you pretend to be." Through the photography of those closest to her, those excruiciatingly beautiful people whose gender just happens to be ambiguous, Nan shows how our pretending seeps into every corner of our personas. I love this book!!
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