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2012). A large scale exhibition

of two photographers in which

the premise was based on the

influence of William Klein

seminal photobook Life is Good &

Good for You in New York (1956)

and the influence this had on

Daido Moriyama who went on

to become a pioneer in Japanese

avant-garde photography and a

prolific photobook maker. During

this exhibition we also hosted a

photobook making event titled

Printing Show, a re-staging of the

1974 exhibition Daido Moriyama

Printing Show where instead of

hanging prints on the gallery wall,

Moriyama installed a photocopy

machine and made individualised

photobooks in real time. So

although Tate is no stranger to

the photobook, Offprint is by far

the largest event we have been

involved with to date.

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nviting Offprint to London

was very important to Tate

as London has such a vibrant

and growing scene of small

independent publishers, perhaps

more so than any other city in

the world. Also, hosting the

event in a public space like the

Turbine Hall meant that through

the sheer number of visitors to

the museum it was a chance to

introduce the concept of the

photobook to a new audience.

To help with this we invited

the London based independent

publisher Self Publish Be Happy

to run a project space and

series of events throughout the

weekend. The aim of this project

space, curated by SPBH founder

Bruno Ceschel, was to ‘inspire

visitors to make books by playing

Untitled from the series Vertigo, 2014 by Daisuke Yakota.

Untitled from the series Farewell Photography by Daido Moriyama. Untitled from the series Farewell Photograhy by Daido Moriyama.

with different photographic

and printing processes’ and

throughout the weekend they ran

a series of events, workshops and

performances in which visitors

could interact with the medium

of the photobook.

Events included a live

bookmaking performance by

the contemporary Japanese

photographers Daisuke Yakota

and Hiroshi Takizawa who over

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