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)

Shinjuku, Tokyo, 1970

Daido Moriyama

Shinjuku, Tokyo, 1970

Sale Date: October 3, 2017

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Nakano, Tokyo, 1981

Daido Moriyama

Nakano, Tokyo, 1981

Sale Date: October 3, 2017

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Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray Dog, Misawa, Aomori, 1971

Sale Date: October 3, 2017

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Works

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Sale Date: July 15, 2017

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Tights in Shimotakaido, 1986

Daido Moriyama

Tights in Shimotakaido, 1986

Sale Date: June 7, 2017

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Untitled (Pont de Alexandre III, Paris), 1980–1989

Daido Moriyama

Untitled (Pont de Alexandre III, Paris), 1980–1989

Sale Date: May 31, 2017

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Untitled (from the series: A Journey to..., 1985

Daido Moriyama

Untitled (from the series: A Journey to..., 1985

Sale Date: May 31, 2017

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Lips, Japan, 2001

Daido Moriyama

Lips, Japan, 2001

Sale Date: June 9, 2017

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GOSHOGAWARA, 1976–1981

Daido Moriyama

GOSHOGAWARA, 1976–1981

Sale Date: May 28, 2017

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Memory of a Dog 9, 1982

Daido Moriyama

Memory of a Dog 9, 1982

Sale Date: May 18, 2017

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STRAY DOG, MISAWA, 1971

Daido Moriyama

STRAY DOG, MISAWA, 1971

Sale Date: May 19, 2017

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HAWAII, 2007–2008

Daido Moriyama

HAWAII, 2007–2008

Sale Date: May 19, 2017

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Harley Davidson, 2008

Daido Moriyama

Harley Davidson, 2008

Sale Date: April 22, 2017

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BRIGITTE BARDOT POSTER, AOYAMA, 1969

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BRIGITTE BARDOT POSTER, AOYAMA, 1969

Sale Date: April 5, 2017

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NIKKO, 1977

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: April 5, 2017

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Selected Images, 1980

Daido Moriyama

Selected Images, 1980

Sale Date: April 4, 2017

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Yokosuka

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: March 4, 2017

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Shinjutku

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Sale Date: March 4, 2017

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Hat

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: March 4, 2017

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Untitled

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Sale Date: March 4, 2017

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Stray Dog, Misawa, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray Dog, Misawa, 1971

Sale Date: February 14, 2017

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Stray Dog

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: March 4, 2017

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Harley Davidson, 2007

Daido Moriyama

Harley Davidson, 2007

Sale Date: February 18, 2017

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Sans titre, de la série Light and shadow, 1980

Daido Moriyama

Sans titre, de la série Light and shadow, 1980

Sale Date: December 15, 2016

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