Cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, Fiction Inc. 1996: yellow-toned portrait of a young woman with dark tousled hair.
Black-and-white portrait of a young woman with a dark bob and lines drawn on her face, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Young woman in a dark slip with one hand to her head in hard light, black-and-white plate from XX Girls.
Young woman in a lace top holding a powder puff to her face, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Young woman crouching on a patterned bathroom tile floor, black-and-white plate from XX Girls, 1996.
Blonde young woman with arms raised in a sheer blouse, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Blonde young woman with bangs seated in a black bra and polka-dot skirt, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Back cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, yellow-toned portrait with barcode, Fiction Inc., Tokyo.
Cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, Fiction Inc. 1996: yellow-toned portrait of a young woman with dark tousled hair.
Black-and-white portrait of a young woman with a dark bob and lines drawn on her face, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Young woman in a dark slip with one hand to her head in hard light, black-and-white plate from XX Girls.
Young woman in a lace top holding a powder puff to her face, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Young woman crouching on a patterned bathroom tile floor, black-and-white plate from XX Girls, 1996.
Blonde young woman with arms raised in a sheer blouse, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Blonde young woman with bangs seated in a black bra and polka-dot skirt, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Back cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, yellow-toned portrait with barcode, Fiction Inc., Tokyo.
Cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, Fiction Inc. 1996: yellow-toned portrait of a young woman with dark tousled hair.
Black-and-white portrait of a young woman with a dark bob and lines drawn on her face, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Young woman in a dark slip with one hand to her head in hard light, black-and-white plate from XX Girls.
Young woman in a lace top holding a powder puff to her face, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Young woman crouching on a patterned bathroom tile floor, black-and-white plate from XX Girls, 1996.
Blonde young woman with arms raised in a sheer blouse, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Blonde young woman with bangs seated in a black bra and polka-dot skirt, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Back cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, yellow-toned portrait with barcode, Fiction Inc., Tokyo.
Cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, Fiction Inc. 1996: yellow-toned portrait of a young woman with dark tousled hair.
Black-and-white portrait of a young woman with a dark bob and lines drawn on her face, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Young woman in a dark slip with one hand to her head in hard light, black-and-white plate from XX Girls.
Young woman in a lace top holding a powder puff to her face, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Young woman crouching on a patterned bathroom tile floor, black-and-white plate from XX Girls, 1996.
Blonde young woman with arms raised in a sheer blouse, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Blonde young woman with bangs seated in a black bra and polka-dot skirt, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Back cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, yellow-toned portrait with barcode, Fiction Inc., Tokyo.
Cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, Fiction Inc. 1996: yellow-toned portrait of a young woman with dark tousled hair.
Black-and-white portrait of a young woman with a dark bob and lines drawn on her face, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Young woman in a dark slip with one hand to her head in hard light, black-and-white plate from XX Girls.
Young woman in a lace top holding a powder puff to her face, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Young woman crouching on a patterned bathroom tile floor, black-and-white plate from XX Girls, 1996.
Blonde young woman with arms raised in a sheer blouse, black-and-white plate by Richard Kern.
Blonde young woman with bangs seated in a black bra and polka-dot skirt, from XX Girls by Richard Kern.
Back cover of Richard Kern, XX Girls, yellow-toned portrait with barcode, Fiction Inc., Tokyo.

RICHARD KERN — XX GIRLS (1996)

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Published by: Fiction Inc. (フィクション・インク), Tokyo, Japan
Photographer: Richard Kern
Year: July 15, 1996
Binding: Hardcover with original plastic dust jacket
Pages: 48
Dimensions: Approximately 23 × 30.6 × 0.8 cm
Language: Japanese edition
ISBN-10: 4309901611
ISBN-13: 978-4-309-90161-9
Condition: New — exceptionally well preserved, with no visible imperfections, damage, or signs of wear. The cover, original plastic dust jacket, binding, and interior pages remain in pristine condition.

XX Girls is a 1996 Japanese photography book by Richard Kern, published in Tokyo by Fiction Inc. This edition brings together 48 pages of photography by one of the defining figures of New York’s underground art and film scene. Originally associated with the Cinema of Transgression movement of the 1980s, Kern developed a distinctive visual language that combined confrontational imagery, intimate portraiture, eroticism, and the raw aesthetic of independent underground culture.

Kern’s work emerged from a creative environment shaped by experimental cinema, punk music, and downtown New York’s independent art scene. Alongside figures such as Nick Zedd and Lydia Lunch, he helped establish a transgressive approach to image-making that challenged conventional boundaries between art, sexuality, and popular culture. His later photographic work extended this sensibility into portraiture, documenting young women through direct, often provocative compositions and carefully staged private interiors.

Published in Japan in 1996, XX Girls reflects the international circulation of underground photography during the 1990s, when independent publishers introduced alternative visual culture to audiences beyond its original New York context. The volume is also associated with the wider photographic legacy of New York Girls, Kern’s earlier body of work, and carries a recommendation from Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and X-Girl.

With its hardcover construction and original plastic dust jacket, this edition is a collectible document of 1990s underground photography, particularly relevant to collectors interested in Richard Kern, experimental cinema, punk and alternative culture, and the intersection of photography and fashion.

Content note: Contains nude photography.

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