Daido Moriyama became a defining voice in postwar Japanese photography through grainy, high-contrast images of streets, bodies, signs and urban fragments. Associated with the short-lived Provoke magazine, he rejected polished documentary conventions in favor of blur, grain and tilted composition.
Photography
Artist Films
Daido Moriyama on the essence of photography
San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1971Stray Dog
- 1968Japan: A Photo Theater
- 1972Farewell Photography
- 1972Hunter
- 1982Light and Shadow
- 2002Shinjuku
- 1972 onwardRecord / Kiroku
- 1969Accident
- 1980sTights
- 2017Pretty Woman
Interviews & Writing
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