{"product_id":"nan-goldin-the-other-side-kawade-shobo-1993-first-edition-first-printing-hardcover-japan","title":"Nan Goldin The Other Side — Kawade Shobo 1993 First Edition First Printing Hardcover Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Photographer: Nan Goldin\u003cbr\u003e- Title: The Other Side\u003cbr\u003e- Publisher: 河出書房新社 (Kawade Shobo-sha), Tokyo\u003cbr\u003e- Year Published: 1993 — First Edition, First Printing\u003cbr\u003e- Language: Japanese (captions and essay) \/ English (plate titles)\u003cbr\u003e- Format: Hardcover, 27.5 × 22.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e- Pages: 144 pp., all color photographs\u003cbr\u003e- Inclusions: None noted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[OVERVIEW]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/em\u003e is Nan Goldin’s landmark document of drag queens, transgender women, and gender-nonconforming individuals photographed across two decades — from Boston and New York in the early 1970s through Berlin and Bangkok in the early 1990s. Where Goldin’s \u003cem\u003eThe Ballad of Sexual Dependency\u003c\/em\u003e mapped the intimate violence of heterosexual love, \u003cem\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/em\u003e turns toward beauty, performance, and the radical act of self-creation: her subjects are not observed but celebrated, rendered in saturated color with the same unflinching tenderness that defines all of her work. This Japanese first edition, published by Kawade Shobo-sha in 1993 — the same year as the original Scalo\/Editions du Seuil release — is among the earliest printings of the book in any language, and the only edition produced for the Japanese market. A primary document of queer visual culture at a moment of acute historical urgency, issued in the shadow of the AIDS crisis that had already claimed many of Goldin’s closest subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[IMPORTANT NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: EASY AI TRANSLATION]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlate titles appear in English throughout. The Japanese essay and captions can be read instantly via Google Lens or ChatGPT. The photographs require no translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[WHY THIS VOLUME IS A PRIZED COLLECTOR'S ITEM]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003cstrong\u003eFirst Edition, First Printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Japanese Kawade Shobo first edition (1993) is a simultaneous first — published in the same year as the Western editions — making it a true first-printing artifact rather than a later reprint. Copies in this condition are increasingly scarce.\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003cstrong\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Historical Significance:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the defining photobooks of queer visual culture and a cornerstone of any serious Nan Goldin collection. Its importance has only grown since Goldin’s 2022 Academy Award win and the renewed global attention to her practice.\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003cstrong\u003eJapan-Exclusive Edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Produced specifically for the Japanese market with Japanese text, this edition occupies a distinct place in the book’s publication history and is not interchangeable with the Western printings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[CONDITION]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery Good — Solid Collector’s Copy\u003cbr\u003e- Cover: Very good; rear cover shows slight fading consistent with thirty years of storage — a natural patina rather than damage.\u003cbr\u003e- Spine: Intact, no splitting.\u003cbr\u003e- Binding: Tight and fully secure.\u003cbr\u003e- Endpapers: Slight sun fading — characteristic of the period and storage; does not affect the plates.\u003cbr\u003e- Interior \u0026amp; Pages: Clean throughout — no writing, no stamps, no tears.\u003cbr\u003e- *Please carefully inspect all high-resolution listing photos to verify condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"shady2grove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65572825006429,"sku":"NG-OTHERSIDE-1993-1ST","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/5888\/5981\/files\/IMG_8908.jpg?v=1786700965","url":"https:\/\/shady2grove.com\/products\/nan-goldin-the-other-side-kawade-shobo-1993-first-edition-first-printing-hardcover-japan","provider":"shady2grove","version":"1.0","type":"link"}