Kitarubeki kotoba no tame ni (For a Language to Come)

Nakahira Takuma Japanese

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Takuma Nakahira was one of the guiding artists behind the now famous Japanese photography magazine Provoke (1968–69), which published only three issues before closing. A year later, Nakahira released his own visual manifesto, For a Language to Come, which includes 192 grainy, subjective, documentary-style photographs—mostly nighttime scenes in Tokyo. Designed by Tsunehisa Kimura and printed on glossy paper, it marks the beginning of the 1970s era of avant-garde Japanese photography books.

Kitarubeki kotoba no tame ni (For a Language to Come), Nakahira Takuma (Japanese, Tokyo 1938–2015 Yokohama, Kanagawa)

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Kitarubeki kotoba no tame ni (For a Language to Come), Nakahira Takuma (Japanese, Tokyo 1938–2015 Yokohama, Kanagawa)
Kitarubeki kotoba no tame ni (For a Language to Come), Nakahira Takuma (Japanese, Tokyo 1938–2015 Yokohama, Kanagawa)
Kitarubeki kotoba no tame ni (For a Language to Come), Nakahira Takuma (Japanese, Tokyo 1938–2015 Yokohama, Kanagawa)
Kitarubeki kotoba no tame ni (For a Language to Come), Nakahira Takuma (Japanese, Tokyo 1938–2015 Yokohama, Kanagawa)
Kitarubeki kotoba no tame ni (For a Language to Come), Nakahira Takuma (Japanese, Tokyo 1938–2015 Yokohama, Kanagawa)

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