Since nearly all the original prints were lost, the book reproduces everything as it appeared on the page. Some images are blown up to fill full pages; most are included in stacks next to captions in Japanese. Longer texts, most by Moriyama, are translated. His writing is straightforward and unpretentious; an essay on how he came to be involved with Shashin Jidai is terrific. The essays, like the photographs, are as engaging as diary entries: this is what I was thinking about today; this is what I saw. And the work he made for the magazine is typical of what...
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Dashwood Books: il tempio della fotografia di New York apre una nuova galleria in EXIBART
A New York, Dashwood Books è la libreria cult per la fotografia e aprirà un nuovo spazio espositivo nell’East Village: si parte con una mostra del grande Daido Moriyama....... text by Francesca Magnani
Rolling Stone / Radical Visions From Japan
Rolling Stone write-up about our publication Daido Moriyama Shashin Jidai 1981–1988, and the upcoming show at our new project space.
Text by By Emma Reeves
Influential artist Daido Moriyama's striking black-and-white images from the 1980s come to life in a new book and gallery show.
In the years following the 1972 publication of his seminal book Farewell Photography, Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama became severely depressed. He moved out of Tokyo, became reliant on sleeping pills, and lost so much weight he was down to 88 pounds at one point. He did not pick up his camera for seven years. It was...
Architectural Digest
Tour a whimsical and spacious upper east side home for a family of eight. The duplex, which features 360-degree views, is “a place to have fun”
A sense of duality permeates the residence. In the living room, for example, reupholstered Soho Home chairs effortlessly blend with a custom Fawn Galli Interiors rug and sofa, while the mustard-tinted Moooi wingback chair in the office contrasts with a playful pink fringed Llott Llov table lamp. Throughout, furnishings are frequently in dialogue with motley artworks curated by Samuels Creative & Co. and tomes assembled by Dashwood Books.
Text by Alia Akkam
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DAZED / Daido Moriyama’s long-lost series from a cult 80s erotic mag
On the release of Shashin Jidai 1981–1988 [published by Session Press and Dashwood Books], a staggering survey of the complete set of essays Moriyama produced for the magazine, we speak to co-publishers Miwa Susuda and David Strettell about the making of their book and what’s to admire about Moriyama.
Text by Alessandro Merola
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i-D / The photobooks to gift this Christmas
Daido Moriyama, Shashin Jidai 1981–1988
There’s been no shortage of Daido love this year, but it’s been well deserved of course — he’s been on red hot form! This total beast presents, in full for the first time, the long-lost serials Daido published in Shashin Jidai, the erotic photo magazine that exploded in Japan in the 80s. It’s a literal page-turner and comes with a pink poster. Brace yourself for the heart palpitations.
‘Shashin Jidai 1981–1988’ is co-published by Session Press and Dashwood Books, £65.
By Alessandro Merola
Hyperallergic / Five Enchanting Art Bookstores in NYC
Hidden below street level on Noho’s Bond Street, I nearly passed by Dashwood Books’s snug storefront. Pine-colored shelves encase a trove of art book gems that founder David Strettel and manager Miwa Susuda summoned from nooks and piles when I inquired about the titles that stand out to them. It came as no surprise, then, when Strettel noted that Dashwood will soon mark 18 years of “specializing in finding what people want,” though he admitted that the only real pattern of what people want is that “there is no pattern” — which is part of the fun. His grounding interest...
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