{"title":"Daido Moriyama Books — Photo Museum Ireland","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaido Moriyama photographs the world as if the act of looking were itself desperate. Grainy, high-contrast, shot fast and close, his images of Tokyo's streets, bars and margins have a raw, compulsive energy that has made him one of the most influential photographers of the past sixty years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePMI holds three titles representing distinct and significant moments in his practice. Moriyama: Quartet brings together four major bodies of work. The Photofile edition provides an authoritative critical overview. Most remarkably, Shashin Jidai 1981-1988 documents a pivotal and until recently little-known period: Moriyama's return to photography after nearly a decade of creative paralysis, working almost exclusively for the magazine Shashin Jidai with a free hand to experiment. More than eighty percent of his negatives from this period were lost. This publication - over 400 pages, with his original essays translated into English - is the only way to experience this body of work outside the original magazines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePMI is one of only two specialist Irish bookshops carrying his work. Ships across Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto Museum Ireland is Ireland's national centre for contemporary photography since 1978.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"377\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"daido-moriyama-photofile-by-daido-moriyama","title":"Photofile: Daido Moriyama","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaido Moriyama first came to prominence in the mid-1960s. If there is one theme that jumps out from his work – one that can be regarded as his essential territory, the wellspring of his photography – it is Tokyo. He also draws inspiration from William Klein’s confrontational photographs of New York, Shomei Tomatsu’s trenchant social critiques, Andy Warhol’s silkscreened multiples of newspaper images, and the writings of Jack Kerouac and Yukio Mishima. As Gabriel Bauret points out in his introduction to this collection of Moriyama’s work, Light and Shadow is the title of a book published by Moriyama in 1982, but it could just as easily be applied to his whole photographic oeuvre, given the dialogue he so powerfully sets up between light and shadow, black and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-role=\"bva-reveal\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhotofile\u003c\/i\u003e series brings together the best work of the world’s greatest photographers, in an affordable pocket format. Handsome and collectable, the books are produced to the highest standards. Each volume contains some sixty full-page reproductions printed in superb duotone, together with a critical introduction and a full bibliography. The series has been awarded the first annual prize for distinguished photographic books by the International Center of Photography, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42396537487523,"sku":"TH-PA-1049","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/2540\/8163\/files\/moryama-photofile.png?v=1749055016"},{"product_id":"a-retrospective-thyago-nougueira-ed-by-daido-moriyama","title":"A retrospective Thyago Nougueira (ED.) by Daido Moriyama","description":"The exhibition publication reveal the frenetic spirit of Tokyo between the 1960s and 1980s\" ― AnOther Magazine\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWidely considered Japan's most influential and prolific photographer, Daido Moriyama has been challenging conventions of the art form for more than a half century. This exhaustive and electrifying retrospective, published in cooperation with the Daido Moriyama Foundation and based on entirely new research, looks at every stage of Moriyama's extensive career, including his extraordinary images as well as his conceptual contributions to photography.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of a generation of postwar Japan's groundbreaking artists, Moriyama has continually established his own visual grammar. This book features more than 250 chronologically arranged images that reveal his constantly evolving career: his early editorial work of the mid-1960s, focused on the American occupation and the experimental theater; his radical experimentation of late 1960s and the 1970s; the self-reflexive photos of the 1980s and 1990s; and his ongoing exploration of cities, among other relevant moments. It also includes more than 400 spread reproductions of Moriyama's rarely seen publications, mapping the sources of his visual production.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRounding out the volume are texts by the editor and leading Japanese scholars, a personal essay by the artist, and a full chronology of his life and work. Accompanying a major exhibition on Moriyama's output, this impressive volume reframes Moriyama's legacy and is certain to become the definitive publication on his work.","brand":"Prestel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47706114687323,"sku":"PH-2144","price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/2540\/8163\/files\/daidoretrospectivecover.png?v=1755698898"},{"product_id":"daido-moriyama-shashin-jidai-1981-1988","title":"Daido Moriyama Shashin Jidai 1981 - 1988","description":"\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-author\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"author\"\u003eDaido Moriyama\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003eDashwood Books \/ Session Press,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2023.\u003cbr\u003eCondition: As New, Complete with Poster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDashwood Books and Session Press are pleased to announce the release of Daido Moriyama Shashin Jidai 1981–1988 by renowned Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama. With the publication of his serialized photo-essay Hikari to Kage (Light and Shadow) in the first issues of the magazine, Shashin Jidai, Daido Moriyama announced his return to photography after nearly a decade. Moriyama had been mired in an acute creative slump from his mid thirties, since the publication of his seminal book, Shashin yo Sayonara (Farewell Photography) in 1972. Unable to take nearly any photos for a prolonged period, he turned to illicit drugs, ultimately wasting away to little more than 40 kgs before he hit physical and emotional rock bottom. Lured back by Akira Hasegawa, Shashin Jidai’s editor, he was invited to contribute photographs for each issue. This began a long relationship between Moriyama and Shashin Jidai. He would ultimately make a total of six serialized essays that appeared through sixty-three issues (in every issue but one) until its’ demise in April 1988. During this period Moriyama worked almost exclusively for Shasin Jidai and was given a free hand to explore and experiment and in the process evolved a new aesthetic that still informs his photography today. Tragically, more than eighty percent of his negatives were lost from this pivotal body of work. In Daido Moriyama Shashin Jidai 1981–1988 the complete run of essays or chapters that appeared concurrently in Shashin Jidai are brought together for the first time, representing the only way to appreciate them without acquiring the original magazines themselves. Each complete essay is reproduced alongside a selected portfolio of images and written essays by Moriyama from each chapter as they appeared in the original magazines. Text appears in Japanese with English translation. In over 400 pages it provides access to a pivotal period in the evolution of one of the most revered and influential photographers of the twentieth century, as yet undocumented in book-form. Accompanying there is a short essay “The Photo Age: Daido Moriyama and Shashin Jidai” by Kotaro Iizawa. Translation throughout by Daniel González, Essays by Daido Moriyama, Text by Kotaro Iizawa, Design by Geoff Han, Editing by David Strettell and Miwa Susuda.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003eFirst Edition\u003cbr\u003e424 pp Text by Kotaro Iizawa Translation by Daniel González. 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His stream of publications, most notably his ongoing magazine Record, have enabled his original vision, born out of the backstreets of Tokyo, to be cast worldwide. In this anthology, renowned author, curator and editor Mark Holborn presents the four books that underpin Moriyama's artistic journey, with the photobook at the very core of his creative practice. The featured photobooks - Japan, A Photo Theater, A Hunter, Farewell Photography and Light and Shadow - span the fifteen years during which Moriyama honed his techniques and unveiled his distinctive vision and stand as exemplars of some of the most daring photographic publishing ventures in the history of the medium. Rooted in the complexities of Japan during a transformative era from 1968 to the early 1980s, they offer profound insights into the country's evolving landscape. Harmonizing seamlessly with Moriyama's own aesthetic sensibilities, the book's design includes excerpts from Moriyama's diaries, journals and memoranda, providing intimate glimpses into his creative process. As with all Moriyama publications, this photobook is eagerly anticipated by a devoted following, reflecting the enduring importance of his work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51271980482907,"sku":"TH-PH-Y25-2595","price":80.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/2540\/8163\/files\/morayamacover_4926778e-5731-4841-b867-5535df508eeb.png?v=1756982138"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/2540\/8163\/collections\/daidoretrospectivecover.png?v=1779452094","url":"https:\/\/shop.photomuseumireland.ie\/collections\/daido-moriyama.oembed","provider":"Photo Museum Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}