{"product_id":"alessia-gunawan-ride-or-die-copy","title":"Katsu Naito \/ West Side Rendezvous","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWest Side Rendezvous\u003c\/span\u003e is a suite of 45 black-and-white photographs taken by the Japanese photographer Katsu Naito. Together, these images are a singular historical document of the queer and trans community — many of them sex workers — who worked in and around the Meatpacking District and the Chelsea Piers. Naito’s candid images portray a world at the very edge of New York, a liminal landscape of decay and ruin where sex workers, tricking in the era of HIV\/AIDS and unreported hate crimes, put their lives on the line to make a living. Amidst it all, however, Naito captures the strength, playfulness, and pride of his subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWest Side Rendezvous\u003c\/span\u003e is neither eulogy nor lamentation. It is a celebration, an ode, a witness to a community of those who came before. To celebrate this work, New York Life Gallery will exhibit images from \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWest Side Rendezvous\u003c\/span\u003e in November 2026, accompanied by a monograph of images.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"artpapereditions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58735207219531,"sku":"269","price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0621\/5122\/9640\/files\/KATSUCOVER.jpg?v=1791379706","url":"https:\/\/artpapereditions.org\/products\/alessia-gunawan-ride-or-die-copy","provider":"Art Paper Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}