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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Daido Moriyama Shows Unforgiving Color Photography at Fondation Cartier

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Art & Exhibitions

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Daido Moriyama Artworks

Daido Moriyama (910 results)

Shinjuku, 2002

Daido Moriyama

Shinjuku, 2002

Sale Date: November 14, 2015

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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: November 10, 2015

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Kamakura, 1966

Daido Moriyama

Kamakura, 1966

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

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Kariudo (Hunter), 1972

Daido Moriyama

Kariudo (Hunter), 1972

Sale Date: November 6, 2015

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Stray Dog, Misawa, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray Dog, Misawa, 1971

Sale Date: November 6, 2015

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Misawa, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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Untitled

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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Japan's Scenic Trio, Mutsumatsushima, 1974

Daido Moriyama

Japan's Scenic Trio, Mutsumatsushima, 1974

Sale Date: October 8, 2015

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Circus, 1973

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: October 6, 2015

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TIGHTS IN SHIMOTAKAIDO (HOW TO CREATE A..., 1987

Daido Moriyama

TIGHTS IN SHIMOTAKAIDO (HOW TO CREATE A..., 1987

Sale Date: October 5, 2015

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SWINE, AOMORI, JAPAN, 1976

Daido Moriyama

SWINE, AOMORI, JAPAN, 1976

Sale Date: October 5, 2015

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Kuchibiru (Black), 2007

Daido Moriyama

Kuchibiru (Black), 2007

Sale Date: August 27, 2015

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Lips, 2002

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: July 22, 2015

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On the bed I, Tokyo, Japan, 1969

Daido Moriyama

On the bed I, Tokyo, Japan, 1969

Sale Date: July 22, 2015

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How to Create a Beautiful Picture 7 : Nikko..., 1987

Daido Moriyama

How to Create a Beautiful Picture 7 : Nikko..., 1987

Sale Date: July 11, 2015

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Untitled

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: July 11, 2015

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Tights in Shimotakaido, 1987

Daido Moriyama

Tights in Shimotakaido, 1987

Sale Date: June 30, 2015

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'On the bed I', Tokyo, 1969

Daido Moriyama

'On the bed I', Tokyo, 1969

Sale Date: July 1, 2015

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Tights in Shimotakaido (how to create a..., 1987

Daido Moriyama

Tights in Shimotakaido (how to create a..., 1987

Sale Date: June 11, 2015

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Stray dog, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray dog, 1971

Sale Date: June 11, 2015

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Yokosuka, 1970

Daido Moriyama

Yokosuka, 1970

Sale Date: June 11, 2015

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Buenos Aires, 2005

Daido Moriyama

Buenos Aires, 2005

Sale Date: May 31, 2015

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How to create a beautiful picture 6: Tights..., 1986

Daido Moriyama

How to create a beautiful picture 6: Tights..., 1986

Sale Date: May 28, 2015

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Untitled, Hawaii, 2007–2008

Daido Moriyama

Untitled, Hawaii, 2007–2008

Sale Date: May 23, 2015

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