First edition of this exhibition catalogue for the large-scale retrospective exhibition Moriyama Daido’s Tokyo: Ongoing held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (June 2 September 22, 2020).
First impression
Small format hardback in fine condition
Signed by Daido Moriyama to front end page
Some very minor wear to extremities of boards
No internal markings, binding firm, pages clean
Text in Japanese and English
About
This compact, sturdy publication designed by Satoshi Machiguchi contains all works on display as part of the exhibition and includes images (monochrome & in color) from Moriyamas ongoingRecordseries,Pretty Woman(2007),K(2017), and Tokyo Boogie Woogie (2018). Similar to the exhibition, the book focuses on the theme of Tokyo seen through the never-restless lens of the Japanese master photographer. In addition to a foreword by Daido Moriyama, the book also contains essays by writer Akiko Otake and photo critic Yoshiaki Kai, shedding light on Moriyamas photographic practice and his legacy (all texts included in Japanese and English translation).
