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

by Hettie Judah

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)

Complete works, 2005

Daido Moriyama

Complete works, 2005

Sale Date: December 15, 2016

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Complete works, 2005

Daido Moriyama

Complete works, 2005

Sale Date: December 15, 2016

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Complete works, 2005

Daido Moriyama

Complete works, 2005

Sale Date: December 15, 2016

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Tights in Shimotakaido, 1987

Daido Moriyama

Tights in Shimotakaido, 1987

Sale Date: December 13, 2016

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Cherry Blossoms, 1972, 1974–1963

Daido Moriyama

Cherry Blossoms, 1972, 1974–1963

Sale Date: November 14, 2016

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Cherry Blossom, 1982, 1974–1992

Daido Moriyama

Cherry Blossom, 1982, 1974–1992

Sale Date: November 14, 2016

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MOTORCYCLE, 2008

Daido Moriyama

MOTORCYCLE, 2008

Sale Date: November 28, 2016

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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 3, 2016

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Yokosuka, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Yokosuka, 1971

Sale Date: October 25, 2016

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1. Buenos Aires 2. Hokkaido, 2011

Daido Moriyama

1. Buenos Aires 2. Hokkaido, 2011

Sale Date: November 5, 2016

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Stray Dog, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray Dog, 1971

Sale Date: November 5, 2016

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Work

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1. Buenos Aires / 2. Record No.6 / 3. Motorcycle

Daido Moriyama

1. Buenos Aires / 2. Record No.6 / 3. Motorcycle

Sale Date: November 5, 2016

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The Yubari, 1973

Daido Moriyama

The Yubari, 1973

Sale Date: October 4, 2016

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Bye-bye Polaroid (4 works), 2008

Daido Moriyama

Bye-bye Polaroid (4 works), 2008

Sale Date: August 31, 2016

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Bye-bye Polaroid (4 works), 2008

Daido Moriyama

Bye-bye Polaroid (4 works), 2008

Sale Date: August 31, 2016

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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: June 30, 2016

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Motorcycle, 2000–2009

Daido Moriyama

Motorcycle, 2000–2009

Sale Date: July 16, 2016

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Stray Dog, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray Dog, 1971

Sale Date: June 16, 2016

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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: June 23, 2016

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Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: June 6, 2016

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SHIMOTAKAIDO的丝袜

Daido Moriyama

SHIMOTAKAIDO的丝袜

Sale Date: June 6, 2016

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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: May 31, 2016

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