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

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Daido Moriyama Shows Unforgiving Color Photography at Fondation Cartier

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Daido Moriyama Shows Unforgiving Color Photography at Fondation Cartier

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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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Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: May 27, 2018

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Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori, 1971

Sale Date: May 17, 2018

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Shashin yo Sayonara [Goodbye Photography, Dear]

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Shashin yo Sayonara [Goodbye Photography, Dear]

Sale Date: April 19, 2018

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Untitled

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Sale Date: April 20, 2018

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The Three Views of Japan No. 3 - Mutsu..., 1974

Daido Moriyama

The Three Views of Japan No. 3 - Mutsu..., 1974

Sale Date: April 6, 2018

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Port with Ship, from 'Hunter', 1972

Daido Moriyama

Port with Ship, from 'Hunter', 1972

Sale Date: April 6, 2018

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Horse, 1970–1979

Daido Moriyama

Horse, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 6, 2018

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Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori, 1971

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Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori, 1971

Sale Date: April 6, 2018

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How to Create a Beautiful Picture 3: Tiles..., 1987

Daido Moriyama

How to Create a Beautiful Picture 3: Tiles..., 1987

Sale Date: April 9, 2018

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下高井户的丝袜, 1987

Daido Moriyama

下高井户的丝袜, 1987

Sale Date: December 17, 2017

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MESH TIGHTS' SERIES TEA TABLES (2 WORKS), 2015

Daido Moriyama

MESH TIGHTS' SERIES TEA TABLES (2 WORKS), 2015

Sale Date: December 8, 2017

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Untitled (from the series: Memory of Dog/A..., 1983

Daido Moriyama

Untitled (from the series: Memory of Dog/A..., 1983

Sale Date: December 1, 2017

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Hiroshima (from the series: Cities), 1971

Daido Moriyama

Hiroshima (from the series: Cities), 1971

Sale Date: December 1, 2017

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Série Daido Paris 88 - 89., 1988–1989

Daido Moriyama

Série Daido Paris 88 - 89., 1988–1989

Sale Date: November 12, 2017

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TIGHTS, 1987

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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Provoke (Mayfly), 1972

Daido Moriyama

Provoke (Mayfly), 1972

Sale Date: November 9, 2017

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Mayfly, 1972

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Sale Date: November 9, 2017

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Untitled , de la série Provoke, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Untitled , de la série Provoke, 1971

Sale Date: November 9, 2017

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

Daido Moriyama

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

Sale Date: November 2, 2017

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Face, 1969

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Sale Date: October 24, 2017

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Work

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: October 14, 2017

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Untitled, 1977

Daido Moriyama

Untitled, 1977

Sale Date: October 21, 2017

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Untitled, 2007

Daido Moriyama

Untitled, 2007

Sale Date: October 21, 2017

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写真书《纪录第一号》 /少女 Girl

Daido Moriyama

写真书《纪录第一号》 /少女 Girl

Sale Date: September 29, 2017

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