Provoke magazine

"How to fill the gap between politics and art? This is both an old and a new problem,” writes Takuma Nakahira, in the afterword to PROVOKE no.1, published 50 years ago this month. Led by some of Japan’s best-known photographers and art critics - including Takuma Nakahira, Koji Taki, and iconoclast Daido Moriyama, who joined from the second issue - the magazine stemmed from the anger and discontent that they felt towards the post-war world. Though it survived only three issues, and was…

Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama and exhibition curatorial team, Wang Rui-Xu and Lan ChungHusan talks to Tatler about the unyielding influence of "Provoke" on photography.

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"How to fill the gap between politics and art? This is both an old and a new problem,” writes Takuma Nakahira, in the afterword to PROVOKE no.1, published 50 years ago this month. Led by some of Japan’s best-known photographers and art critics - including Takuma Nakahira, Koji Taki, and iconoclast Daido Moriyama, who joined from the second issue - the magazine stemmed from the anger and discontent that they felt towards the post-war world. Though it survived only three issues, and was…

Provoke: Between Protest and Performance , Photography in Japan 1960–1975 // May 28–August 28, 2016

At the LACMA, the Japanese photographer displays the straight lines, sharp angles, dark corners, harsh lights, contrast and exhaust of Tokyo's Shinjuku district: its fractures, rather than suggesting weakness, suggest an unlikely robustness.

From Jon Nicholls , Thomas Tallis School

2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the original publication of photography focused, _Provoke_ magazine. In November of last year, the independent Tokyo-based bookshop and publisher Nitesha reissued all three magazines of the rare publication into one eye-opening compendium. Portraying post-war Japan and the country’s socioeconomic tribulations of the 1960s unlike any other photographic journal; _Provoke_ established a legendary reputation amongst Japanese photography fans for its historical…

2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the original publication of photography focused, _Provoke_ magazine. In November of last year, the independent Tokyo-based bookshop and publisher Nitesha reissued all three magazines of the rare publication into one eye-opening compendium. Portraying post-war Japan and the country’s socioeconomic tribulations of the 1960s unlike any other photographic journal; _Provoke_ established a legendary reputation amongst Japanese photography fans for its historical…

CATASTROPHE on Instagram: "After studying under Takeji Iwamiya, Daidō Moriyama moved to Tokyo in 1961 to assist Eikoh Hosoe and began street photography in Osaka with a Canon 4SB. In the late 1960s, amidst Vietnam W*r protests, Moriyama joined the experimental photographers of PROVOKE magazine. His career took off with the controversial Vol. 2, featuring his photo of a couple in a love hotel. This move sparked both outrage and excitement, propelling him into the fine art world. Using…