yutaka takanashi

(©Yutaka Takanashi,  Isetan Department store, Shinjuku-ku, 1965)

For today, I’ve opted to recommend some photography that isn’t quite as recent.  Yutaka Takanashi is a photographer and co-founder of the experimental Japanese magazine Provoke.  Though the magazine itself had a short run (founded in 1968, the magazine later disbanded in 1970) it is still considered to be influential.

Rather than talking about these photos myself though, allow me to suggest:

1. Yutaka Takanashi – Towards the City (including a short history of the “Provoke” era) Part i and ii
2. Provoke: Takuma Nakahira and Yutaka Takanashi

(© Yutaka Takanashi,  Untitled, From the series Toshi-e)

(©Yutaka Takanashi, Bar Toyota, 1 Tsunohazui, Shinjuku, 1965, Galerie Priska)