Moriyama Daido Photo Collection (2): Hunter

1972 was a tumultuous year for Daido Moriyama, a year that left a huge mark on the history of photography. In March, Provoke was dissolved at the same time as the publication of the collection First, Abandon the World of Certainty. Following in their footsteps, in April he published the monumental work in the history of photography, Goodbye Photography, and in July he published this photobook, The Hunter. Moriyama was recommended Jack Kerouac's On the Road by Takuma Nakahira, which inspired him to go out on the national highway rather than stay in one place. Moriyama fell into a major slump until he published Light and Shadow ten years later, but this book contains his representative works, including the iconic "Dog of Misawa," and has been repeatedly resold with new designs, making it the masterpiece that contributed most to the formation of the image of Daido Moriyama as a photographer.

This book is the second volume of the "Moriyama Daido Photo Collection" series, in which the photographer himself has joined the direction of reviving out-of-print works with new printing and design by designer Satoru Machiguchi. This is the definitive series that revives early masterpieces with triple-tone printing, reproducing them in the image size of the first edition. It also contains valuable comments from the photographer himself, such as recollections of those days, episodes related to the shooting, and shooting locations, making it a useful resource.

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Title: Daido Moriyama Photography Collection No.2: Hunter
Artist: Daido Moriyama
Getsuyo-sha, 2019
Hardcover with dust-jacket and obi-band, case binding
307 x 230 x 17 mm
128 pages
Text in Japanese
First edition
ISBN: 978-4-86503-083-9
¥5,500 -