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© NAN GOLDIN
TheOther Side by Nan Goldin
192 pages, hardback, Steidl, €40, ISBN: 978-
3-95829-613-
THIS expanded and updated version of
one of Nan Goldin’s most famous works
includes a revised introduction by Goldin
herself. The fi rst photographs in the
book are from the 1970s, at a time
when Goldin lived with a group of drag
queens and documented their glamour and vulnerability.
Later, in the early ’80s, she captured the lives of
transgender friends in New York when AIDS began to
decimate her community. More recently, in the ’90s, she
recorded the explosion of drag as a social phenomenon
in New York, Berlin, Bangkok and the Philippines.
Intended as a homage to Goldin’s friends – many of
whom she’s lost – it’s a rich seam to mine if you like
long-term documentary projects. We don’t anticipate
every AP reader to fi nd the book appealing, but there
will be many who love it. ★★★★★ Amy DaviesAlso out now
The latest and best books from the
world of photographyBOOK
BOOK
100 Ideas That Changed
Photography by Mary Warner
Marien
Laurence King, £14.99, paperback, ISBN:
9781786275684
I fi nd books like this are great to have
at the side of the bed, ready to be
picked up and fl icked through when
you don’t have much time to really
absorb yourself in a long-read.
Each idea in this latest ‘100 ideas’
book is presented across just two
pages, giving you carte blanche to dip in and out at will.
Exploring everything from early photographic processes
to more modern-day phenomena such as image
sharing, it’s also illustrated by a number of infl uential and
well-known photographs. For those who are not only
interested in the process of taking pictures, but also the
history behind it, this is an interesting read – and
would make a great gift for other photographers in
your life, too. ★★★★★ Amy Davies