Provoke: Provocative Materials for Thought (Complete Reprint of 3 Volumes)

2018 marks the 50th year since Provoke had first been published.

Provoke was first published in November 1968 as a dojin-shi, or self-published magazine. It was originally conceived by art critic Koji Taki (1928-2011) and photographer Takuma Nakahira (1938-2015), with poet Takahiko Okada (1939-1997) and photographer Yutaka Takanashi as dojin members.  The subtitle for the magazine was Provocative Materials of Thought and each issue was composed of photographs, essays and poems. After relesing the second and third issue with Daido Moryama as a subsequent member, the group broke up with their last publication First, Abandon the World of Pseudo-Certainty - an overview edition of the three issues. Provoke's grainy, blurry and out-of-focus photographs were initially ridiculed as are-bure-boke and stirred a great deal of controversy, yet it had created a strong impact inside and outside of the photography world during that time. However, today, Provoke has become an extremely rare book and very few people have seen the original.

Language: Japanese
Size: 21 x 21 cm, 24 x 18 cm, 24 x 18 cm 
Binding: softcover
Publisher: Nitesha, 2018