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"Published in September, 2009, this is a the second of a two-book set collecting Daido MORIYAMA's major magazine projects over a 10 year period from 1965 to 1974.
This particular volume includes the following series: 'New York City' (1972), the 12-issue serialized 'On the Ground' (1973), 'Cherry Blossoms' (1974), and 'The Three Views of Japan' (1974). (...).
In total these are '...two collections of work that Daido MORIYAMA published in various photography magazines from 1965 to 1974.
(The 1st volume, 'Nippon Gekijou. Magazine Works 1965-1970' includes the following series: 'Yokosuka' (1965), 'Atami' (1966), 'Nippon Gekijou' (1967), 'On the Road' (1969), and and the 12-issue serialized 'Accident' (1969).)
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.
I fully admit that sometimes the Daido MORIYAMA publishing juggernaut tends to overwhelm in its recent ARAKI-like incarnation, but in this case these two companion volumes are to me completely justified.
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 what’s more, the books bring us closer to experiencing the vibrant experimentation that characterized Japanese photography at the time." (© japan exposures)
- Format
- Pb. with obi belt (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 26 x 3,5 cm., 484 pp. (334 b/w ills., 150 ils. in color), text language: Japanese