In the 1930s a great number of works influenced by surrealism were shown in Japan under the name of avant-garde photography. Among them were those of Shūzō Takiguchi (1903-1979), who shortly afterwards founded the Avant-Garde Photography Association with Nobuya Abe (1913-1971). Their theoretical approach to the medium would in turn influence other artists, and this volume follows how a way of making something out of nothing much travelled through several generations.