The Japanese photobook, 1912-1990 /

The Japanese photobook 1912-1990 /

This book illustrates the development of photography as seen in photo publications in Japan, from the time of influence by European and American pictorialism, the German Bauhaus and Imperial military propaganda, to the complete collapse and destruction of the country in 1945. Then followed a new beg...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heiting, Manfred (Author, Designer, Editor), Forbes, Duncan (Author)
Other Authors: Junkerman, John (Translator), Matsumoto, Kaoru, 1956- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Language Notes:Texts in English and Japanese.
Published: Göttingen : Steidl, [2017]
Subjects:
Description
Summary:This book illustrates the development of photography as seen in photo publications in Japan, from the time of influence by European and American pictorialism, the German Bauhaus and Imperial military propaganda, to the complete collapse and destruction of the country in 1945. Then followed a new beginning. With the unique self-determination of a young generation of photographers and visual artists highlighted by the "Provoke" style as well as protest and war documentation of the late 1950s to the early '70s, the signature Japanese photobook, as we have come to know it, was born. With detailed information and illustrations of over 400 photo publications, an introduction by Kaneko Ryuichi and essays by Fujimura Satomi, Duncan Forbes, Manfred Heiting, Mitsuda Yuri, Lizawa Kotaro, Shirayama Mari and Matthew S. Witkovsky, this is the first extensive English-language survey of Japanese photobooks of this period.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:575 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 30 cm.
ISBN:9783958291768
3958291767