Publisher/青弓社

Google翻訳
"From Photography to Photography" is a book by Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama (1938-). Since the 1960s, Moriyama has been known for his coarse-grained, hard-edged monochrome expression, often described as "rough, blurry, and out of focus," and has gained international acclaim for his works that sharply expose the anonymity of the city and human desires. His style goes beyond mere visual documentation, embodying the ontological questions inherent in photography, and he has become a representative figure of postwar Japanese photography. This book is a collection of essays published by Seikyusha in 1995, and as the title suggests, it centers on reflections written in the process of going back and forth between "photography" and "photography." It is structured to explore the very nature of photography by tracing the memories and sensations that arise from the act of walking around the city, taking photographs, and reviewing the prints in one's room. Through chapters such as "The Fate of Flowers," "Tokyo Extra," "A Journey to Nakaji," and "How to Create Beautiful Photographs," fragments of cities, travel, and everyday life are evoked alongside the photographs, allowing the reader to experience Moriyama's gaze and the trajectory of his emotions. As a book that allows readers to experience the back-and-forth movement between sight and memory, it is a work that densely conveys Moriyama's thoughts on photography.