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Includes an illustrated chronology, exhibition history, selected bibliography and catalogue of the exhibition. The first major English language book to be published on one of Japan's most important photographers. From the publisher: "Stage actors and stray dogs. High-rises and cherry blossoms. The diversity of moods, angles, and startling configurations which populate the images of Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama (b. 1938) are a testament to thirty-five years of work at the forefront of his medium. This important book provides a crucial overview of an artist whose pioneering work prefigures much current cutting-edge photography. Originally trained as a designer, Moriyama saw William Klein's book New York and a catalogue of photographs by Andy Warhol early in his career. From Klein and Warhol he learned to appreciate the harsh contrast and coarse half-tone effects of cheap publishing, raised to a positive aesthetic level. Other influences included writer Jack Kerouac, the inspiration for a seminal series of photos he took while travelling the highways near Tokyo. He was also connected to dramatist Shuji Terayama, the Artaud of Japan, whose use of vaudevillian concepts parallels Moriyama's fascination with society's underworld." (Antiq. Borelli, Albuquerque NM, 02.2004).

Text engl. - Englische Erstausgabe 2001.

Text fr./engl. - Incl. bibliography.

Puvlished in association with Getsuyosha/ Yutaka Kambayashi.

Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 04.2004. - [Text at Schaden.com:] "Ich möchte, daß meine Fotografien absolute, reine Oberflächen sind. Auf dieses Ziel arbeite ich stets hin- was sich darunter verbirgt, bedeutet mir nichts. Meine Bilder sollen möglichst glatt, am liebsten wie die Oberflächen von Fliesen sein, ausnahmslos. " "Meine fundamentale Erfahrung in der Fotografie war Andy Warhol." Moriyama im photography now interview.

The book is enclosed in a large light gray translucent "electrostatic shielding" re-sealable plastic bag (19 x 15 inches). A white corrugated cardboard insert is included to support the oversized book. This limited edition includes an original chromogenic development print (processed on Fujicolor paper) of a b/w image by Moriyama, paper size 8 x 10 inches, image size 6 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches. The print edition of 100 is signed in black marker (in English "Daido") on the lower white margin of the print by Moriyama. Published on the occasion of the 2004 exhibition Daido Moriyama: Vintage Prints at the Shine Gallery and Michael Hoppen Gallery, London. An unusual very large format and appropriate unique design to showcase an extraordinary range of Moriyama's work. One of the finest and hauntingly perfect catalogues of Moriyama's work published in years. From the publisher: "A collection of rare vintage prints from Moriyama's own personal collection, providing a substantial body of work from the 1960's, 70's and 80's previously unseen in public. A stray dog is caught in strong shadows against a high-contrast background, piercing the viewer with an unwavering gaze. The best-known image of Moriyama, it encapsulates perfectly the detached observation and raw, unsettling style of this highly influential Japanese photographer. Along with Eikoh Hosoe and Kikuji Kawada, Moriyama has gone from being one of Japan's most radical and rebellious photographers to being one of it's most celebrated and important visual artists today the Japanese equivalent of Robert Frank. After important retrospectives at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Shimane Art Museum and Kashiro Art Museum, Japan, Moriyama will be showing at the Fondation Cartier." (Antiq. Boreli, Albuquerque, NM, 04.2005).

Text jap. - Abundantly illustrated with Moriyama's rich photomechanical reproductions and many full double-page spreads of Osaka. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 06.2006.

Text jap. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 03.2010.

Text engl. - Other edition: Aperture no. 102, 1986.

Text engl. - Other edition: Also published as hc. ed.

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Also produced: A special edition of one hundred signed, numbered and slipcased copies, and a deluxe edition of fifty copies with an original print, presented in a clamshell box.

Printed in Japan. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 04.2004.

Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 04.2004.

Text jap. - Illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs by Daido Moriyama which show a series of images of women in bondage, including reproductions of numerous contact sheets. Moriyama's extremely scarce and highly sought-after fifth book. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 06.2006.

Title translates as “First, throw out verisimilitude”. Photographs by Daido Moriyama, with additional text (in Japanese). Moriyama's extremely scarce second book. Erratum sheet laid in.