Daido Moriyama

(Japanese, born 1938)

Daido Moriyama is a Japanese street photographer best known for his confrontational, black-and-white images depicting the contrast of traditional values and modern society in postwar Japan. Notable for his rejection of technical precision in favor of the grainy and high-contrast images produced by a compact camera, the artist captures a diaristic experience of wandering city streets. “The city has everything: comedy, tragedy, eulogy, eroticism,” he has remarked. “It is the ideal setting, the place where people’s desires are interwoven. It has remained and will always remain my natural element.” Born on October 10, 1938 in Osaka, Japan, Moriyama studied graphic design before taking lessons with photographer Takeji Iwamiya. Moving to Tokyo in 1961, he worked as an assistant to the experimental filmmaker and photographer Eiko Hosoe, and began producing and publishing his own collections of street photography. In 1967, Moriyama was awarded the New Artist Award from the Japan Photo-Critics Association. In 2016, Moriyama was the subject of the exhibition “In Color,” held at the Galleria Franca Sozzani in Milan, bringing together his lesser known color photographs from the 1960s to the 1980s. He continues to lives and works in Tokyo, Japan. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Fotomuseum Wintherthur in Switzerland, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, among others. .

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Art & Exhibitions

From an Elliptical Piano to a Renaissance Altarpiece—Rare Treasures Abound at New York’s Winter Show

From an Elliptical Piano to a Renaissance Altarpiece—Rare Treasures Abound at New York’s Winter Show

Art & Exhibitions

Daido Moriyama Shows Unforgiving Color Photography at Fondation Cartier

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Daido Moriyama Shows Unforgiving Color Photography at Fondation Cartier

Art & Exhibitions

Ben Davis's 20 Most Memorable New York Museum Shows of 2015

Ben Davis's 20 Most Memorable New York Museum Shows of 2015

Daido Moriyama Artworks

Daido Moriyama (910 results)

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STRAY DOG， MISAWA， AOMORI, 1971

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STRAY DOG， MISAWA， AOMORI, 1971

Sale Date: May 26, 2019

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STRAY DOG, MISAWA', 1971, 1971

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STRAY DOG, MISAWA', 1971, 1971

Sale Date: May 16, 2019

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The Woman, 1977

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The Woman, 1977

Sale Date: May 24, 2019

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'Record' No.6 Special Limited Edition, 2006

Daido Moriyama

'Record' No.6 Special Limited Edition, 2006

Sale Date: May 16, 2019

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Untitled, 2007

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Untitled, 2007

Sale Date: April 27, 2019

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Hawaii, 2007

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Sale Date: April 27, 2019

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Shinjuku #11

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Sale Date: April 27, 2019

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Untitled (Eros or something other than Eros), 2006

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Untitled (Eros or something other than Eros), 2006

Sale Date: April 5, 2019

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Separation (from Provoke series) (+ 5..., 1969

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Separation (from Provoke series) (+ 5..., 1969

Sale Date: April 3, 2019

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Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori, 1971

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Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori, 1971

Sale Date: April 4, 2019

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How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights..., 1987

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How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights..., 1987

Sale Date: April 4, 2019

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Brigitte Bardot Poster, Aoyama, 1969

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Brigitte Bardot Poster, Aoyama, 1969

Sale Date: April 4, 2019

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The Yubari, 1973

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The Yubari, 1973

Sale Date: April 2, 2019

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from 'hysteric glamour' (set of 5)

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from 'hysteric glamour' (set of 5)

Sale Date: February 28, 2019

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Works (set of 6), 2009

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Works (set of 6), 2009

Sale Date: February 28, 2019

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Work

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Sale Date: February 28, 2019

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YOKOSUKA

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Sale Date: February 23, 2019

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SHINJUKU, 2002

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SHINJUKU, 2002

Sale Date: February 23, 2019

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Misawa, 1971

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Sale Date: February 2, 2019

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Untitled (Eros or something other than Eros), 2006

Daido Moriyama

Untitled (Eros or something other than Eros), 2006

Sale Date: December 11, 2018

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SHIMOTAKAIDO的丝袜

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SHIMOTAKAIDO的丝袜

Sale Date: December 6, 2018

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Tires and my shadow, 2007

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Tires and my shadow, 2007

Sale Date: November 23, 2018

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Motorcycle, 2006

Daido Moriyama

Motorcycle, 2006

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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