The Facsimile Box: Facsimile Reprint of Six Rare Photographic Publications of the Provoke Era

Paris (Gottingen, Germany): Edition 7L (Steidl Publishers), 2001. Box. Near Fine. The 2001 limited edition, #605 of 1,500 copies published. Clean and Near Fine in its striking black lacquered box, with the 6 facsimile re-issues within --all in lovely condition-- of the "rare photographic publications of the Provoke era". From the Introductory essay: "'The Japanese Box' presents six publications by a remarkable group of Japanese photographers and writers whose work was a respone to the climate of political and moral unrest in Tokyo around 1968. The publications include 3 issues of "Provoke" magazine (1968-1969), "For a Language to Come" by Takuma Nakashira (1970), "Sentimental Journey" by Nobuyoshi Araki (1971), and "A Farewell to Photography" by Daido Moriyama (1972) (Inventory #: 24526)