{"product_id":"takuma-nakahira-adieu-a-x-1989-first-edition","title":"Takuma Nakahira — Adieu à X, 1989 First Edition, First Printing","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTakuma Nakahira — \u003cem\u003eAdieu à X (アデュウ ア エックス)\u003c\/em\u003e, 1989 First Edition, First Printing\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdieu à X\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most significant and sought-after photobooks by Takuma Nakahira (中平卓馬), one of the towering figures of Japanese photography and a founding member of the legendary \u003cem\u003eProvoke\u003c\/em\u003e movement. Published in 1989 by Kawade Shobo Shinsha, Tokyo, this work marked a pivotal moment in Nakahira's career — a return to photography after years of silence following his memory loss in 1977, and a radical rethinking of what the photographic image could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book presents large-format, intensely physical images of nature — water, birds, vegetation — shot with an almost violent directness. Far from the grainy abstraction of \u003cem\u003eProvoke\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAdieu à X\u003c\/em\u003e confronts the viewer with the raw materiality of the world. It remains one of the essential texts of Japanese photobook history and is increasingly difficult to find in first printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Takuma Nakahira (中平卓馬)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adieu à X \/ アデウ ア エックス\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1989\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition, First Printing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kawade Shobo Shinsha (河出書房新社), Tokyo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4-309-26111-6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good — A well-preserved first printing. Covers clean with light age toning consistent with a 35-year-old paperback. Spine firm. Interior pages and photographs clean and bright. A solid copy of this increasingly scarce title.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"shady2grove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65335659069789,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/5888\/5981\/files\/IMG_7323.jpg?v=1784703984","url":"https:\/\/shady2grove.com\/products\/takuma-nakahira-adieu-a-x-1989-first-edition","provider":"shady2grove","version":"1.0","type":"link"}