Scissorings
Koichi Miyazaki
1968
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Koichi Miyazaki’s “Scissorings” is a pioneering photobook and an early example of paraphotography. A designer at Takashimaya and later at Mos Advertising, Miyazaki was known as a cameraless photographer, working instead with newspaper and magazine ...
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Scissorings
Koichi Miyazaki
1968
Tokyo: Shicho Sha
Unpaginated [128 pages]
21.3 × 21.3 cm
Edition of 500; numbered 162/500

Koichi Miyazaki’s “Scissorings” is a pioneering photobook and an early example of paraphotography. A designer at Takashimaya and later at Mos Advertising, Miyazaki was known as a cameraless photographer, working instead with newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as television images. Comprising extracts from newspaper articles published between 1962 and 1967, the publication reveals the pervasive influence of American culture on postwar Japan, through images of sports such as baseball. By stripping these images of their original contexts and meanings, Miyazaki transforms them into a new visual language. Published in the same year as Provoke, “Scissorings” shares the experimental spirit of the Japanese avant-guard, anticipating later practices of appropriation and conceptual image-making.

Tokyo: Shicho Sha
Unpaginated [128 pages]
21.3 × 21.3 cm
Edition of 500; numbered 162/500

Koichi Miyazaki’s “Scissorings” is a pioneering photobook and an early example of paraphotography. A designer at Takashimaya and later at Mos Advertising, Miyazaki was known as a cameraless photographer, working instead with newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as television images. Comprising extracts from newspaper articles published between 1962 and 1967, the publication reveals the pervasive influence of American culture on postwar Japan, through images of sports such as baseball. By stripping these images of their original contexts and meanings, Miyazaki transforms them into a new visual language. Published in the same year as Provoke, “Scissorings” shares the experimental spirit of the Japanese avant-guard, anticipating later practices of appropriation and conceptual image-making.

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Koichi Miyazaki’s “Scissorings” is a pioneering photobook and an early example of paraphotography. A designer at Takashimaya and later at Mos Advertising, Miyazaki was known as a cameraless photographer, working instead with newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as television images. Comprising extracts from newspaper articles published between 1962 and 1967, the publication reveals the pervasive influence of American culture on postwar Japan, through images of sports such as baseball. By stripping these images of their original contexts and meanings, Miyazaki transforms them into a new visual language. Published in the same year as Provoke, “Scissorings” shares the experimental spirit of the Japanese avant-guard, anticipating later practices of appropriation and conceptual image-making.

Tokyo: Shicho Sha
Unpaginated [128 pages]
21.3 × 21.3 cm
Edition of 500; numbered 162/500

Koichi Miyazaki’s “Scissorings” is a pioneering photobook and an early example of paraphotography. A designer at Takashimaya and later at Mos Advertising, Miyazaki was known as a cameraless photographer, working instead with newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as television images. Comprising extracts from newspaper articles published between 1962 and 1967, the publication reveals the pervasive influence of American culture on postwar Japan, through images of sports such as baseball. By stripping these images of their original contexts and meanings, Miyazaki transforms them into a new visual language. Published in the same year as Provoke, “Scissorings” shares the experimental spirit of the Japanese avant-guard, anticipating later practices of appropriation and conceptual image-making.

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Koichi Miyazaki’s “Scissorings” is a pioneering photobook and an early example of paraphotography. A designer at Takashimaya and later at Mos Advertising, Miyazaki was known as a cameraless photographer, working instead with newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as television images. Comprising extracts from newspaper articles published between 1962 and 1967, the publication reveals the pervasive influence of American culture on postwar Japan, through images of sports such as baseball. By stripping these images of their original contexts and meanings, Miyazaki transforms them into a new visual language. Published in the same year as Provoke, “Scissorings” shares the experimental spirit of the Japanese avant-guard, anticipating later practices of appropriation and conceptual image-making.

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