Provoke : Between Protest and Performance : Photography in Japan 1960–1975

Published on occasion of first comprehensive exhibition on Provoke magazine and movement.  This book covers the era leading to its first issue to the aftermath following its last issue. 

The book has three sections :

1.  Protest, highlighting Japanese protest photography movement of the 1960s.

2. Provoke, partially reproducing the magazine’s three issues along with writings and images by the founding members – photographers Takuma Nakahira and Yakata Takanashi, writer Takahiko Okada, and critic Koji Taki, with the later addition of Daido Moriyama.

3. Performance, highlighting the performance-based art in Japan from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Each section contains reproductions of publication spreads, photographic portfolios, ephemera, and essays and interviews by the artists and critics.

600 high-quality black and white images in 680 pages