Ever since I saw it at the Art, Anti-Art, Non-Art exhibition at the Getty in LA, I have dreamed of owning this book. Cornerstones of the Provoke era in Japanese photography, Takuma Nakahira’s grainy, off-kilter, unfocused, and high-contrast images of Japanese street life really did formulate a new visual vernacular for 70s image-makers. Though he would later reject their influential aesthetic, Nakahira’s images remain some of the most powerful examples of post-war Japanese photography.
For a Language to Come has long been out-of-print, selling at auction or as a facsimile in the Edition 7L classic The Japanese Box. The Japanese publishing house Osiris has just re-released the book, complete with a new jacket design and English translations of its original texts.
Best of all, it’s only $95.
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