Asahi Camera nummer 8 august 1971. Daido Moriyama

Asahi Camera nummer 8 august 1971. Daido Moriyama

Et særdeles godt nummer av dette klassiske japanske fotomagasinet. Publisert i en særdeles banebrytende periode innen japansk fotohistorie. Magasinet er i veldig god stand.

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Asahi Camera is Japan’s longest running monthly photo magazine. Published April 1926 - July 2020, it primarily featured contemporary Japanese photography.

Today, Asahi Camera is recognised as a cultural institution and one of the instrumental monthly circulations to influence domicile photo history.

1968. Asahi Camera showcase the visual portfolios of photographers Takuma Nakahira and Daido Moriyama of the pioneering photo collective Provoke Group. The collaboration marked the advent of a particularly groundbreaking period in Asahi Camera.

During the late ’60’s and early ‘70s the Japanese society and in extension its cultural sector were evolving at an immense pace. The photographic work in Asahi Camera is an amalgamation of this era and mechanism energies.

Year 1971 presents in selection photographers: Daido Moriyama, Masatoshi Naito, Ihei Kimura, Shin Yanigisawa, Shomei Tomatsu, W. Eugene Smith, Kazuo Kitai, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Masaya Nakamura, Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Particular noteworthy are the serialized photo essays «Searching journeys» by Daido Moriyama and Masatoshi Naito’s «Shades of Tokyo». Both projects feature works now understood iconic and include pieces later published in classic reference photo books.

In Moriyama’s case, having visually articulated his distinct ‘are-bure-boke’ shooting style throughout Asahi Camera 1969, the current year find him pioneering investigations into the medium’s essence while formulating new perspectives that progress towards the increasingly deconstructive and deformative.

Moriyama’s magazine works throughout Asahi Camera 1971 were later composed in photo books «Northern» as well as cannons «A hunter», «Bye Bye Photography».

5 reasons WHY Asahi Camera:



1: THE PRISTINE CRAFT from pioneering photographers and artists.



2: ONLY ACCESS. The magazine are in many instances the only place to view its printed works as most features never have been re-printed or presented in photo book format.



3: GRAVURE PRINTING. Asahi Camera was printed in gravure. A photomechanical process developed for high-quality picture reproduction. Qualities that in black and white or monochrome photography render exceptional resolution and sharpness, as well as beautiful ink density and subtle nuance gradations. In most cases, readers will find that the material in Asahi Camera exceed the print quality of today.

4: VISUAL RESOURCE: Asahi Camera is an immense resource for images, graphic design, typography to printing. In this conjunction, the title contain indispensable reference material for all archivers, researchers and creatives.

5: PHYSICAL MATERIALITY IS VISUAL LANGUAGE. In art history’s oil paintings, we see that the canvas, grounding, paints and mediums all are intrinsic parts of the work and finalized visual image. This is also true for photography. Studying Asahi Camera, we see how paper quality and printing inks are strong image determinators. To fully embrace featured artists, works and era it is essential to study the direct produce of the sum. Therefore: If you are kin with the Provoke Group, Daido Moriyama or 1970s art and documentary photography: Asahi Camera 1971 is a mandatory destination.

Soft cover, perfect bound

Japanese language

Color and B&W

Format: 18 cm x 25,8 cm

Ca 318 pages

Published by Asahi Newspaper Company.