Publishing visually driven works with cultural relevance and lasting presence.
Other Side Editions is a nonprofit publishing house based in New York City dedicated to developing books and projects in photography, illustration, conceptual art, and interdisciplinary visual practice.
We work with artists whose projects engage the contemporary moment while remaining grounded in lived experience, narrative depth, and formal vision.
Our Mission
We believe the book is more than a container for images—it is a space where meaning is shaped through sequence, rhythm, language, and design.
Our mission is to create publications that carry artistic integrity, intellectual presence, and emotional resonance. We seek projects that contribute to culture, preserve memory, challenge assumptions, and deepen public conversation.
Inspired by the ambitions of independent publishing, museums, and artist-led practice, Other Side Editions develops books intended to endure.
What We Publish
Photography
Documentary, fine art, personal narrative, long-form visual storytelling.
Hybrid Publications
Books combining essays, archives, interviews, image sequences, research, and experimental forms.
Illustration & Conceptual Work
Projects where image-making expands beyond traditional categories.
Cultural Editions
Projects developed with institutions, universities, nonprofits, and public partners.
Our Approach
Every project is developed collaboratively with the artist.
We guide each publication through:
Editorial development
Image sequencing
Narrative structure
Text integration
Design direction
Production oversight
Print strategy
Distribution planning
Public positioning
We approach each book as a complete work—where content, pacing, materiality, and form exist in dialogue.
Editorial & Creative Direction
Marc Asnin
Marc Asnin is a documentary photographer and the Concept and Curatorial Director of Photography for Act One: A Century in the Making.
Across his career, he has created images that move between documentary, fine art, and conceptual practices, reflecting a belief that photography, in all its forms, can serve as a means of understanding lived experience and the world around us.
This approach is central to his vision for Act One, where he brought together 100+ photographers working across different genres, shaping a visual landscape that reflects the complexity and fragmentation of the first decades of the 21st century. The project demonstrates his ability to work across photographic languages, recognizing the value of each while building a cohesive whole.
At Other Side Editions, Asnin serves as Concept and Visual Director, guiding the development of each publication through close collaboration with artists. His role centers on shaping bodies of work into the book form, working through editing, sequencing, and visual structure to build a coherent and resonant narrative.
Drawing from a life in documentary photography, Asnin approaches each project with an emphasis on presence and authenticity, allowing the work to unfold from within. He works directly with photographers to refine the arc of their images, helping to reveal the rhythm, tension, and emotional weight that define the work, regardless of genre.
His approach is grounded in the belief that images, whether documentary, conceptual, or fine art, carry meaning over time, and that through careful sequencing and thoughtful design, a publication can hold both the intimacy of lived experience and the broader conditions it reflects.
At Other Side Editions, his role is to bring these elements into alignment, shaping each project into a publication that is visually compelling, intellectually grounded, and deeply felt.
Concept & Visual Director
Joshua Herman
Joshua Herman is the Editorial Director of Other Side Editions and of Act One: A Century in the Making, a publication of his conception.
Herman oversees the editorial development of the press, working with artists and writers to shape visually driven projects into thoughtful, enduring publications through sequencing, narrative structure, conceptual clarity, and the integration of text.
With an educational background in philosophy and writing, and an established career as a founder and developer of platforms within the world of visual arts, Herman brings both intellectual rigor and entrepreneurial vision to publishing. His approach views the book form not simply as an object, but as a space for inquiry, memory, and cultural dialogue.
For Act One, Herman conceived the project as an ambitious publication examining the first decades of the 21st century through photography and original essays. He established the book’s intellectual framework by assembling a curated group of leading scholars, writers, and public thinkers, and served as the principal editor and interlocutor with each contributor throughout the development of their texts.
In addition, he also is the writer and editor behind all photo essays that accompany the visual sections of the book and led the overall editorial flow and conceptual shaping of the publication, creating a unified structure that brings together more than one hundred photographers and numerous essayists into a singular, powerfully integrated work.
Through Other Side Editions, Herman’s broader mission is to build a publishing platform dedicated to culturally relevant projects that unite artistic excellence with lasting public value.
Editorial Director
Why Non-Profit?
Our structure allows us to prioritize mission over market pressure.
Resources are directed toward:
Artist development
Thoughtful production
Educational outreach
Public engagement
Partnerships
Long-term cultural value
We believe important projects should be developed because they matter—not only because they are commercially obvious.
Community & Access
Other Side Editions values publishing as a public act.
Other Side Editions maintains an ongoing relationship with NYC Salt, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting young artists through photography and visual storytelling. For more than two decades, NYC Salt has provided students—many of them first-generation college students—with access to mentorship, education, and creative opportunities that foster both artistic growth and personal development.
The connection between Other Side Editions and NYC Salt reflects a shared belief in photography as a tool for expression, inquiry, and opportunity. Through this relationship, Other Side Editions seeks to help expand pathways for emerging voices, offering young artists greater visibility and engagement with the broader worlds of publishing, photography, and visual culture.
This partnership also reflects a wider commitment to education and public engagement, aligning the publishing mission of Other Side Editions with NYC Salt’s long-standing work to create meaningful access to creative careers and cultural participation.