Daido Moriyama

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Contemporary Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama (b.1938) has made a radical impact on the photographic world in both Japan and in the West

Kazuo Nishi

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Hardback
English
156 x 136 mm, 6 1/8 x 5 3/8 in
128 pp
56 black and white illustrations
ISBN-13: 9780714864723
ISBN-10: 0714864722

Overview

Contemporary Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama (b.1938) has made a radical impact on the photographic world in both Japan and in the West
His snapshot aesthetic and no-viewfinder style have succeeded in challenging the medium's prevailing orthodoxies
Moriyama was a member of the famous PROVOKE magazine, and a lecturer and theorist, influencing the new generation of Japanese photographers
This monograph documents the development of Moriyama's photography through a chronologically presented sequence of 55 images
An introductory essay provides a fresh perspective on Moriyama’s life and work
Includes iconic images as well as less well known works

About the author(s)

Kazuo Nishi is a film and photography critic. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Japanese photography magazine Camera Mainichi from 1983 to 1985, and has written several books, including Why Still 'Provoke' Now? (1996)