[DAIDO MORIYAMA] DAIDO MORIYAMA SHASIN JIDAI 1981 - 1988 by Daido Moriyama

A collection of works by Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama. The author had been in a ``major slump'' since the early 1970s. After publishing `` Goodbye to Photography '' (Shashin Hyoronsha, 1972) , which explored the limits of photographic expression, it was composed of ``unprincipled copies of other people's photographs, television sets, etc., and negatives shot by the shutter.'' There was a period of time when I was at a standstill and could hardly take any photos. As he started using drugs, his weight dropped to around 40 kg, and he hit rock bottom both mentally and physically. However, in the 1980s, he finally got his hands on a "dusty camera" and began to make a comeback. At that point, he was interviewed by editor Akira Hasegawa in the first issue of Photo Jidai .

The four works published along with the interview article under the title " Light and Shadow " served as the signal for a restart as a photographer, and " Photo Jidai " was published in April 1988 until the 63rd issue when it was discontinued. I contributed essays and photos to all issues (except issue 1). Moriyama produced six series for `` Photo Jidai '' (`` Light and Shadow '', `` Tokyo '', `` Journey to Nakaji '', `` DOCUMENTARY '', `` How to Make Beautiful Photographs '', and `` Letter to Myself ''). This book was created with the aim of conveying to collectors and art professionals outside of Japan the thoughts the author put into his works and the state of the time at the time, by extracting essays that were published in the series and adding English translations. .

It is undeniable that Moriyama was able to freely publish his experimental works through serialization in Photo Jidai, which had a great influence on his later works . In addition, more than 80% of the negatives of photographs taken during the photo era have been lost, and in order to revitalize them, this book focused on scanning the originals of magazines and including all the works in this book. This 400-page book will be an important photo collection for tracing the historical sites of Daido Moriyama, one of the greatest photographers of this century.

Contains an essay by the author himself, as well as a contribution by photo critic Kotaro Iizawa. Comes with a poster.