{"title":"Books by Mark Holborn","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780500027882","title":"Moriyama: Quartet","description":"An anthology of the four seminal photobooks that form the foundation of Daido Moriyama's photographic career: Japan, A Photo Theater, A Hunter, Farewell Photography and Light and Shadow.     Once regarded as the most challenging and radical of the photographers to emerge from Japan in the post-war period, Daido Moriyama is now accepted as an international figure. His stream of publications, most notably his ongoing magazine Record, have enabled his original vision, born out of the backstreets of Tokyo, to be cast worldwide.     In this anthology, renowned author, curator and editor Mark Holborn presents the four books that underpin Moriyama's artistic journey, with the photobook at the very core of his creative practice. The featured photobooks – Japan, A Photo Theater, A Hunter, Farewell Photography and Light and Shadow – span the fifteen years during which Moriyama honed his techniques and unveiled his distinctive vision and stand as exemplars of some of the most daring photographic publishing ventures in the history of the medium. Rooted in the complexities of Japan during a transformative era from 1968 to the early 1980s, they offer profound insights into the country’s evolving landscape.     Harmonizing seamlessly with Moriyama's own aesthetic sensibilities, the book’s design includes excerpts from Moriyama's diaries, journals and memoranda, providing intimate glimpses into his creative process.  As with all Moriyama publications, this photobook is eagerly anticipated by a devoted following, reflecting the enduring importance of his work.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291188539765,"sku":"9780500027882","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780500027882_2f9db403-9896-4663-bc3c-5b3998b749ba.jpg?v=1786013661"},{"product_id":"9780714876566","title":"Sun and Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA spectacular pictorial history of astronomical exploration, for anyone who has gazed at the sky and wondered what lies beyond\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the beginning of time, human beings have looked up at the stars and speculated on other worlds. Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing, \u003cem\u003eSun and Moon\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of that burning human need to comprehend the universe, from Neolithic observatories that mark the solstice to the latest space telescopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt shows, for the first time, how the development of photography and cartography – the means of documenting other worlds – is linked indelibly to the charting of the heavens, from the first image on a glass plate to the Hubble Space Telescope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294536184181,"sku":"9780714876566","price":59.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780714876566_1643e5f6-43bb-49c3-ad8d-2f9a71745ea0.jpg?v=1786014668"},{"product_id":"9781597112086","title":"Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1986, Nan Goldin’s \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of Sexual Dependency\u003c\/i\u003e is a visual diary chronicling the struggles for intimacy and understanding among the friends and lovers whom Goldin describes as her tribe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese photographs described a lifestyle that was visceral, charged and seething with a raw appetite for living, and the book soon became the swan song for an era that reached its peak in the early 1980s. Goldin’s lush color photography and candid style still demand that the viewer encounter their profound intensity head-on. As she writes: Real memory, which these pictures trigger, is an invocation of the color, smell, sound and physical presence, the density and flavor of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough an accurate and detailed record of Goldin’s life, \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of Sexual Dependency\u003c\/i\u003e records a personal odyssey as well as a more universal understanding of the different languages men and women speak. The book’s influence on photography and other aesthetic realms has continued to grow, making it a classic of contemporary photography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304724902261,"sku":"9781597112086","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781597112086_15e45315-48f7-4673-b859-2f15c59aba49.jpg?v=1786023332"},{"product_id":"9780500029589","title":"Tadanori Yokoo","description":"The first comprehensive English-language retrospective of one of Japan's greatest living visual artists, Tadanori Yokoo.     Mixing psychedelia, Pop Art, sexual iconography and references to Japanese historical tradition such as ukiyoe prints, Tadanori Yokoo’s work has become synonymous with post-war Japan. Coming to prominence in Tokyo during the 1960s, his subversive designs were popular with the city’s radical youth groups. Focusing on the full breadth of his work, this expansive book shines a necessary light on Yokoo’s paintings, offering fresh insight into the pioneering artist’s creative process and practice.     Positioning Yokoo's work against pivotal social and political events, the book offers both a history of a nation and an artist. It features an essay by Mark Holborn and a translation of the seminal text ‘Popcorn Minimalism’ by iconoclastic Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. Quotes from Yokoo himself appear throughout, providing an intimate appreciation of his creative process.   Extensively illustrated, this publication will be the ultimate guide for all those interested in Yokoo’s work.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368039657845,"sku":"9780500029589","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"daido-moriyama-blossom","title":"Daido Moriyama: Blossom","description":"A career-spanning collection of Daido Moriyama’s greatest photographs, presented at an unparalleled size designed to mirror the experience of looking through original prints.     Stray dogs, stacks of canned goods and bustling streets: Daido Moriyama’s photographs capture the historic complexities of Japanese culture. A key player in the country’s avant-garde art scene in the late 1960s and 1970s, Moriyama’s stream of publications and exhibitions have established him as one of the greatest photographers of the last seventy years.     Blossom places Moriyama’s most famous photographs side by side with deeper journeys into his archive to capture the full breadth of his output. Printed in tritone, these works are presented at an unparalleled size designed to mirror the experience of looking through original prints. Edited by Mark Holborn – and with the support of Moriyama himself – Blossom presents the very essence of what makes Moriyama such a pioneering photographer.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57613172277621,"sku":"9780500031285","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-mark-holborn.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}