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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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

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Daido Moriyama Shows Unforgiving Color Photography at Fondation Cartier

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Daido Moriyama Shows Unforgiving Color Photography at Fondation Cartier

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Ben Davis's 20 Most Memorable New York Museum Shows of 2015

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How to create a beautiful picture 6: Tights..., 1987

Daido Moriyama

How to create a beautiful picture 6: Tights..., 1987

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Hawaii, 2007

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1-2. Cherry blossoms, 1975

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1-2. Cherry blossoms, 1975

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Buenos Aires, 2005

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Buenos Aires, 2005

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Hawaii, 2007

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Hawaii, 2007

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It, 2007, 2007

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It, 2007, 2007

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Untitled, (from the series Japan A Photo..., 1966

Daido Moriyama

Untitled, (from the series Japan A Photo..., 1966

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Motivated by Robert Capa, 1988

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Motivated by Robert Capa, 1988

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Riffle, 1987

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Bicycle, 1980

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Bicycle, 1980

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Tomei Expressway, 1969

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Tomei Expressway, 1969

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Record No.6 (Special Limited Edition), 2006

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Record No.6 (Special Limited Edition), 2006

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Pflanze

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Insekt

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Street

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Kagero (Mayfly), 1972

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Kagero (Mayfly), 1972

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Selected Images, 1984

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Selected Images, 1984

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Ueno is the Station of Our Hearts, 1966

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Ueno is the Station of Our Hearts, 1966

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How to Create a Beautiful Picture (Tights..., 1987

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How to Create a Beautiful Picture (Tights..., 1987

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Japan, a Photo Theater II, 1976

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Japan, a Photo Theater II, 1976

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Hawaii, 2007

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Rose

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Sale Date: December 9, 2023

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Work | 作品

Daido Moriyama

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