Name: Farewell Photography
Author: Daido Moriyama
ISBN: 9784434075247

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Farewell Photography

Photographer
Daido Moriyama
Publisher

PowerShovelBooks
ISBN

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Publication Year

2007
Edition

Reprint Reinterpretation

Paperback with Dust Jacket and Slipcase Paperback English, Japanese 276 pages 23.5 x 29.85 x 1.91 cm 1.3 kg

Description

Daido Moriyama’s “Farewell Photography” (1972) is one of the most influential photobooks in history, marking the pinnacle of the “Provoke” era. In this 2007 reinterpretation published by PowerShovel, Moriyama revisits his radical “are-bure-boke” aesthetic—grainy, blurry, and out-of-focus. This edition emphasizes the raw, visceral energy of the images by using larger prints and higher contrasts, while intentionally removing all text. It documents a period of creative and personal crisis where Moriyama sought to dismantle the medium of photography itself, resulting in a chaotic, accidental, and profoundly intimate visual record.

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