A broad monograph devoted to Daido Moriyama, one of thepreeminent names in contemporary Japanese photography along withNobuyoshi Araki, Yasumasa Morimura, and Shomei Tomatsu. Provoke isthe title of the magazine founded in 1968 by a group of Japanesephotographers, graphic designers, poets, critics, and politicalactivists. Moriyama's photography is indeed provocative, both forthe form it takes (dirty, blurry, overexposed, or scratched) andfor its content. The viewer's experience of the photo--whether itcaptures a place, a person, a situation, or an atmosphere--is thecentral thrust in his work, which vividly and directly conveys theartist's emotions. The approximately 200 black-and-white imagessketch out an original perspective on Japanese society, especiallyduring the period from the 1950s to the '70s, although the artisthimself chose to conclude this selection with a number of photosshot in the past decade. An outstanding summary of the bestprojects Moriyama has pursued, in a richly printed volume.
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