892pgs. In Black Wooden collectors box as well as original shipping box which has been opened only for inspection. This is a limited edition of 1 500 copies this being #603. All volumes are present as well as the rubber wraparounds. As new except for the black fabric wrapping around the books which has a tear probably from previous owner who checked to see that all the items were present. In 1968 a magazine with the programmatic title Provoke was published in Tokyo by the photographer and writer Takuma Nakahira the art critic Koji Taki and other members. Investigating the relationship between photography and text and suggesting new ways for photography to depict Japanese society the magazine was an artistic and philosophical manifesto responding to the upheavals of the late sixties. This spectacular limited edition collection of facsimile reprints hsd six legendary Japanese photography publications from the 1960s and 1970s. Included are the first three issues of Provoke and three books that were inspired by it. Among the photographers included are Daido Moriyama Nobuyoshi Araki Takuma Nakahira Yutaka Takanashi and Koji Taki. This set comes in a black wooden collectors box with an editors book that includes translations of the texts. Size: 10.5 x 5 x 11.5 inches

• Low Estimate: 1500.00
• High Estimate: 2000.00