Daido Moriyama
Tales Of Tono Monogatari
Posted by Kobunsha, 2020
Size: 10.5 x 15.2 cm
221 Pages
Softcover
Language: Japanese
Daido Moriyama, a cutting-edge photographer who continues to pioneer new horizons in photographic expression. Amidst the 1970s, inspired by the classics of Kunio Yanagita, he headed to Tono, Iwate Prefecture. As if possessed by something, he snapped his shutter. What was captured there were the forgotten memories of the Japanese people and the lost original landscapes. With numerous newly collected works added and re-edited, this monumental masterpiece of photo-essays makes its debut in paperback format in the 21st century!
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Daido Moriyama, an avant-garde photographer who continues to explore new horizons in photographic expression. In the 1970s, inspired by the classics of Kunio Yanagita, he traveled to Tono, Iwate Prefecture. As if possessed, he clicked his shutter. What he captured there were the forgotten memories of the Japanese people and the vanished original landscapes. With many new works added and reissued, this landmark of photo essays makes its paperback debut in the 21st century!