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

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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)

Street Scene, 1970

Daido Moriyama

Street Scene, 1970

Sale Date: June 6, 2014

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Kuchibiru (Black), 2007

Daido Moriyama

Kuchibiru (Black), 2007

Sale Date: April 29, 2014

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Japan's Scenic Trio, Mutsumatsushima, 1974

Daido Moriyama

Japan's Scenic Trio, Mutsumatsushima, 1974

Sale Date: April 29, 2014

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Kuchibiru (Red), 2007

Daido Moriyama

Kuchibiru (Red), 2007

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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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: February 13, 2014

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The Rolling Stones

Daido Moriyama

The Rolling Stones

Sale Date: April 19, 2014

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Untitled

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: April 19, 2014

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Stray Dog/Misawa, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray Dog/Misawa, 1971

Sale Date: April 19, 2014

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From Record No. 6, 2006

Daido Moriyama

From Record No. 6, 2006

Sale Date: April 19, 2014

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Motorcycle, 2008

Daido Moriyama

Motorcycle, 2008

Sale Date: April 6, 2014

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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: April 6, 2014

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Stray dog, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray dog, 1971

Sale Date: April 6, 2014

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Tokyo (Back of Boy's Head), 1981

Daido Moriyama

Tokyo (Back of Boy's Head), 1981

Sale Date: April 5, 2014

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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 5, 2014

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Tights in Shimotakaido, 1987

Daido Moriyama

Tights in Shimotakaido, 1987

Sale Date: April 1, 2014

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Nippon Gekijo Shashin-cho - (Japan: A Photo...

Daido Moriyama

Nippon Gekijo Shashin-cho - (Japan: A Photo...

Sale Date: March 21, 2014

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Letter to Myself 1, 1987

Daido Moriyama

Letter to Myself 1, 1987

Sale Date: January 25, 2014

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Buenos Aires, 2005

Daido Moriyama

Buenos Aires, 2005

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Stray Dog, Misawa, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Stray Dog, Misawa, 1971

Sale Date: November 21, 2013

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Eyeball, 1980

Daido Moriyama

Eyeball, 1980

Sale Date: November 14, 2013

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Kuchibiru (Black), 2007

Daido Moriyama

Kuchibiru (Black), 2007

Sale Date: November 15, 2013

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Street scene, Tokyo, 1980

Daido Moriyama

Street scene, Tokyo, 1980

Sale Date: October 30, 2013

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Street scene, 1970

Daido Moriyama

Street scene, 1970

Sale Date: October 30, 2013

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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: September 24, 2013

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