Workshop 1-8 all published.
réf. 110755Tokyo Workshop Shashin Gakko September 1974-July 1976. . First editions; issue 1 loose sheets folded horizontally as issued 390 x 267 mm 15¼ x 10½ in issues 2-4 tabloids folded horizontally as issued 436 x 280 mm 17¼ x 11 in issues 5-8 narrow 4to 281 x 148 mm 11 x 5¾ in; black-and-white photographs printed in offset; issues 1-4 lightly toned occasional very minor spotting issues 3 and 4 with light wear to edges and short tear to spine at fold issues 5-8 wire-stitched photo-illustrated wrappers white printed in black lightly rubbed light handling marks oxidation to staples issue 8 with an abrasion to upper top right corner a very good to near-fine set; 16; 16; 16; 16; 72; 80; 72; 72pp. Workshop was the eponymous journal of Workshop Shashin Gakko. This independent photography school taught limited-enrolment classes by its co-founders Tomatsu Shomei Moriyama Daido Araki Nobuyushi Hosoe Eikoh Fukase Masahisa and Yokosuka Noriaki. Each photographer taught a workshop for a period of one year with a strong emphasis on one-to-one teacher-student relationships. During the first year Nakahira Takuma and Narahara Ikko also taught two additional two-month courses. The journal actively explored new trends in photography through essays and criticism by members of the group and others. Issue 4 was edited by Araki and was based on the simple theme of 'making photography' for this issue he contributed an essay on how to shoot good portraits. Issue 6 was the most controversial issue published in January 1976 which announced 'We Will Sell Photographs: An Exhibition of Photographs Selected by Twelve Photographers' which was issued to accompany an exhibition in February 1976 as an attempt to present photographs as commodities. At that time in Japan as elsewhere sales of photographs as works of art were virtually non-existent and there was some resistance to the idea most notably from Norio Asaki in Asahi Camera. The Workshop Photography School lasted from April 1974 until March 1976 but one last journal issue was issued in July 1976. This eighth issue featured 'A Roundtable Discussion with Names Withdrawn: Bashing Photography Magazines' in which the Workshop teachers set about challenging the conventional views of photography put forward by Asahi Camera and other photography magazines as well as criticising popular photographers including Kitai Kazuo and Shinoyama Kishin. The school continued briefly as Araki's Private Photo School until 1977 when Araki offered another one-year workshop. The Workshop Photography School paved the way for several independent galleries and organisations that followed such as Image Shop Camp Photo Gallery Prism and Photo Gallery Put. For a New World to Come 354-358. Tokyo, Workshop Shashin Gakko, September 1974-July 1976. unknown
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