MAYFLY — Daido Moriyama — Akio Nagasawa Publishing — 2019

A formative Moriyama work returns in a radically physical new edition. Originally published in 1972, MAYFLY centres on his kinbaku photographs made with the cooperation of writer Oniroku Dan, combining nude bodies, rope and Moriyama’s raw photographic language. This re-edited version introduces previously unpublished images and a distinctive bondage-inspired binding designed by Satoshi Machiguchi. Produced in 850 signed and numbered copies, it reconnects the series with the experimental intensity of Moriyama’s early-1970s practice.

Technical Sheet
Title: MAYFLY
Artist / Author: Daido Moriyama
Date: 2019
Edition: New edition, limited to 850 numbered copies
Signed: Yes
Medium / Materials: Softcover with bondage hardcover binding
Dimensions: 30 × 18.3 cm
Pages: 80
Language: English / Japanese
Publisher: Akio Nagasawa Publishing