DAIDO MORIYAMA: MAGAZINE WORK 1965-1970 NIPPON GEKIJO / 1971-1974 NANIKA E NO TABI (2 VOLUMES)

Getsuyo-sha, 2009, First editions, 2 volume set, 410 pp. & 484 pp., 7" X 10 1/4", Softcovers with obi's

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The two books together collect over 90 different series from a time when seemingly you could not pick up an issue of one of the two major photo monthlies of the time — Camera Mainichi and Asahi Camera — and not find a Moriyama photo essay in them.

By reproducing the essays exactly as they were first published, with their original layout, typography, and captions, we get a unique insight into how the Provoke aesthetic of are, bure, bokeh took shape in the mind of its dominant proponent and brings us closer to experiencing the vibrant experimentation that characterized Japanese photography at the time.