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)

Kagami, 1999

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: September 17, 2009

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Stray Dog, MISAWA

Daido Moriyama

Stray Dog, MISAWA

Sale Date: September 13, 2009

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The Rolling Stones wear female dress, 2008

Daido Moriyama

The Rolling Stones wear female dress, 2008

Sale Date: September 13, 2009

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Autobike, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 1990

Daido Moriyama

Autobike, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 1990

Sale Date: September 11, 2009

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MISAWA, 1971

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: September 11, 2009

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Daido moriyama (+ Hajime Sawatari; 2 works), 2007

Daido Moriyama

Daido moriyama (+ Hajime Sawatari; 2 works), 2007

Sale Date: July 25, 2009

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Hysteric (bk w/3 vols, folio)

Daido Moriyama

Hysteric (bk w/3 vols, folio)

Sale Date: May 19, 2009

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Kagerou - Dayfly (bk w/114 works, folio)

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Kagerou - Dayfly (bk w/114 works, folio)

Sale Date: May 19, 2009

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Karyudo - A hunter (bk w/104 works, folio)

Daido Moriyama

Karyudo - A hunter (bk w/104 works, folio)

Sale Date: May 19, 2009

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Shashin yo sayonara - Bye bye photography (bk...

Daido Moriyama

Shashin yo sayonara - Bye bye photography (bk...

Sale Date: May 19, 2009

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Nippon Gekijo Shashincho - Japan. A Photo...

Daido Moriyama

Nippon Gekijo Shashincho - Japan. A Photo...

Sale Date: May 19, 2009

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Yurakucho, 1976

Daido Moriyama

Yurakucho, 1976

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Yokohama, Kanagawa, 1977

Daido Moriyama

Yokohama, Kanagawa, 1977

Sale Date: May 16, 2009

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Untitled (Tights in Shimotakaido), 2007

Daido Moriyama

Untitled (Tights in Shimotakaido), 2007

Sale Date: May 19, 2009

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Untitled (Brigitte Bardot), 2007

Daido Moriyama

Untitled (Brigitte Bardot), 2007

Sale Date: May 19, 2009

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Untitled (from Remix), 1980–1989

Daido Moriyama

Untitled (from Remix), 1980–1989

Sale Date: May 19, 2009

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Untitled (from Remix), 1980–1989

Daido Moriyama

Untitled (from Remix), 1980–1989

Sale Date: May 19, 2009

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Motorcycle, 2008

Daido Moriyama

Motorcycle, 2008

Sale Date: May 15, 2009

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Another City, New York, 2007

Daido Moriyama

Another City, New York, 2007

Sale Date: April 25, 2009

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Cherry blossoms (3 works), 1975

Daido Moriyama

Cherry blossoms (3 works), 1975

Sale Date: April 4, 2009

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Shinjyuku

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Sale Date: April 4, 2009

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Inobuta

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: April 4, 2009

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Misawa

Daido Moriyama

Sale Date: April 4, 2009

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Untitled, 2007

Daido Moriyama

Untitled, 2007

Sale Date: April 5, 2009

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