[PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS]
- Featured Artist: Daido Moriyama
- Title: ポラロイダーダイドー (Polaroider Daido)
- Publication: 21st Century Prints — Autumn 1997
- Contributors: Takeshi , Nobuyoshi Araki
- Publisher: Prints 21
- Year Published: 1997 (Heisei 9) — Autumn issue
- Language: Japanese
- Format: Large-format magazine / softcover
[OVERVIEW]
The autumn 1997 issue of 21st Century Prints (プリンツ２１) is devoted entirely to Daido Moriyama — one of the most radical and influential photographers of the twentieth century. The centrepiece feature, “Polaroider Daido,” presents Moriyama’s Polaroid work alongside a comprehensive survey of his complete published works and data: from the legendary PROVOKE issues (1968–69) and Bye Bye Photography (1972) through his full bibliography of photobooks, exhibition catalogs, and limited editions, with pricing and publication details current to 1997. Essays and contributions by Beat Takeshi and Nobuyoshi Araki — two of Japan’s most formidable creative voices — frame Moriyama’s practice within the broader landscape of postwar Japanese visual culture. For collectors of Japanese photography, this issue functions simultaneously as a critical document and a practical reference: the most thorough bibliographic survey of Moriyama’s output published in the 1990s.
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[WHY THIS VOLUME IS A PRIZED COLLECTOR'S ITEM]
1. Reference Value: The most comprehensive bibliographic survey of Daido Moriyama’s complete works published in the 1990s — covering PROVOKE, Bye Bye Photography, Workshop, and every major publication with edition details and 1997 market pricing. An indispensable research tool for Moriyama collectors.
2. Contributors: Essays by Beat Takeshi and Nobuyoshi Araki make this a primary document of how Moriyama was understood by his peers at the height of his international recognition.
3. Rarity: A specialist photography magazine with limited distribution, now nearly thirty years old. Surviving copies in Very Good condition are increasingly difficult to source.
[CONDITION]
Very Good — Excellent Vintage Survival
- Covers & Spine: Slightly scratch on cover otherwise bright and clean, spine intact with no splitting.
- Binding: Tight and fully secure.
- Interior & Pages: Clean throughout — no writing, no stamps, no tears.
- *Please carefully inspect all high-resolution listing photos to verify condition.
