Daido Moriyama (Hardcover)

by Nobuyoshi Araki (Author)

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Product Description
A forty-year retrospective of the work of one of the leading figures in Japanese photography.

Born outside of Osaka in 1938, Daido Moriyama witnessed the dramatic changes that swept over Japan in the decades following World War II. The visual and existential turmoil brought on by this transformation was to become one of the core subjects in his work. His gritty photographs of Japanese streets and highways express the conflicting realities of modern Japan: the unexpected survival of age-old tradition within contemporary practice, the paradox of a culture disturbed yet fascinated by the changes it is undergoing.

This book brings together more than 200 photographs dating from the 1960s to the present and includes some of his most significant series of images. Profoundly influenced by Japanese photographers Hosoe and Tomatsu, Moriyama's vision was also enriched by his acquaintance with the work of two American photographers, William Klein and Robert Frank. Like them he practiced a new, more action-oriented street photography. Often out of focus, vertiginously tilted, or invasively cropped, Moriyama's images convey a sense of the disordered human condition. Distributed on behalf of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. 130 photographs.

About the Author
Daido Moriyama was born near Osaka in 1938. He now lives and works in Tokyo. In 1960, Moriyama moved to Tokyo to join the eminent photographers' group VIVO. Since then he has collaborated with many prominent Japanese photographers including Eikoh Hosoe and Noboyushi Araki. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential living photographers in the world. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson (May 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0500970130
• ISBN-13: 978-0500970133
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,458,496 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daido Moriyma's Stray Dog, April 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Daido Moriyama (Hardcover)

As someone who saw Moriyama's fantastic show at the SF MOMA I had to buy this book. Great gritty black and white photos examining post WWII Japanese Culture. Includes a fairly extensive intro detailing his influences and his career.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Japan and Modernity Collide, May 13, 2002

By	Rimbaud "Very weird photographer" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Daido Moriyama (55 (Series).) (Paperback)

Some of the finest modern photography from Japan has been produced by Daido Moriyama. Defying any categories (including the "modern" one I gave him above, Moriyama stretches the boundaries of photography and peers into the dark and blurry places that scare us. The book's comments on each photo are extremely worthwhile also, providing an insight into Daido's work that isn't found elsewhere.

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daido Moriyama by Nobuyoshi Araki, August 8, 2005

By	Kuddel Daddel "kuddel10" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Book is well done - Beautiful photography ! Recommended to anyone that likes great photographs.