Daidō Moriyama

Daidō Moriyama (森山 大道, Moriyama Daidō^[1]?, born October 10, 1938) is a Japanese photographer noted for his images depicting the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan.

Life and career

Born in Ikeda, Osaka, Daidō Moriyama studied photography under Takeji Iwamiya before moving to Tokyo in 1961 to work as an assistant to Eikoh Hosoe. He produced a collection of photographs, Nippon gekijō shashinchō, which showed the darker sides of urban life and the less-seen parts of cities. In them, he attempted to show how life in certain areas was being left behind the other industrialised parts.

Though not exclusively, Moriyama predominantly takes high contrast, grainy, black and white photographs within the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, often shot from odd angles.

Moriyama's photography has been influenced by Seiryū Inoue, Shōmei Tōmatsu, William Klein, Andy Warhol,^[2] Eikoh Hosoe, the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima and Jack Kerouac's On the Road.^[3]

Moriyama has written a memoir titled Memories of a Dog.

Books

• Documentary 1-5. Published by himself, 1972-73.
• Another Country Published by himself, 1974.
• Tales of Tono. Asahi Sonorama, 1976.
• Japan, A Photo Theater II Asahi Sonorama, 1978.
• Light and Shadow Tojusha, 1982.
• Memories of a Dog - Places in My Memory Asahi Shinbunsha, 1984. (Essays)
• A Dialogue with Photography Seikyūsha, 1985. (Essays)
• A Journey to Nakaji, Sokyusha, 1987.
• Moriyama Daidō 1970-1979 Sokyusha, 1989.
• Lettre a St. Lou Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1990.
• Daido hysteric No.4 Hysteric Glamour, 1993.
• Color Sokyusha, 1993.
• Daido hysteric No.6 Hysteric Glamour, 1994.
• Japan, A Photo Theater (reprint) Shinchosha, 1995.
• A Dog's Time Sakuhinsha, 1995.
• Imitation Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, 1995.
• From/ Toward Photography Seikyūsha, 1995. (Essays)
• A Dialogue with Photography (revised) Seikyūsha, 1995. (Essays)
• Daido hysteric Osaka No.8 Hysteric Glamour, 1997.
• Moriyama Daidō Nihon no shashinka 37. Iwanami Shoten, 1997.
• Hunter (reprint) Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, 1997.
• Fragments Composite Press, Tokyo, 1998.
• Memories of a Dog - Places in My Memory, the final Asahi Shinbunsha, 1998. (Essays)
• Passage Wides, 1999.
• Dream of water Sokyusha, 1999.
• Visions of Japan: Daido Moriyama Korinsha, Tokyo, 1999.
• Color 2 Sokyusha, Tokyo, 1999.
• Past is every time new, the future is always nostalgic Seikyūsha, 2000.
• Memories of a Dog - Places in My Memory (revised) Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2001.
• Memories of a Dog - Places in My Memory, the final (revised) Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2001.
• The Japanese Box - Facsimile reprint of six rare photographic publications of the Provoke era, Edition 7L / Steidl, 2001.
• Platform Daiwa Radiator Factory and Taka Ishii Gallery, 2002.
• '71- NY Daido Moriyama PPP Editions, 2002.
• Shinjuku Getsuyosha, 2002.
• transit Eyesencia, 2002.
• Daido Moriyama 55 Phaidon Press, 2002.
• Daido Moriyama, The Complete Works vol. 1, Daiwa Radiator Company, 2003.
• Daido Moriyama: Actes Sud Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2003.
• Remix Kamel Mennour, 2004.
• Daido Moriyama Guiding Light, 2004.
• Memories of a Dog Nazraeli Press, 2004.
• Daido Moriyama, The Complete Works vols 2-4, Daiwa Radiator Factory, 2004.
• Wilderness! Parco, 2005.
• Shinjuku 19XX-20XX Codax, 2005.
• Tokyo Reflex New Art Gallery, 2005.
• Buenos Aires Kodansha, 2005.
• Lettre a St. Lou Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2005.
• Shinjuku Plus Getsuyosha, 2006.
• Record no. 6 Akio Nagasawa, 2006.
• t-82, PowerShovelBooks, 2006.
• it, Rat Hole, 2006.
• Farewell Photography, PowerShovelBooks, 2006.
• Snap (Record extra issue No. 1) Akio Nagasawa, 2007.
• Record no. 8 Akio Nagasawa, 2007.
• Kagero & Colors, PowerShovelBooks, 2007.
• Hawaii Getsuyosha, 2007.
• Osaka Plus Getsuyosha, 2007.
• Erotica, Asahi Shinbunsha, 2007.
• Record no. 7 Akio Nagasawa, 2007.
• Tales of Tono Kobunsha, 2007.
• Yashi Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, and Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, 2008.

Solo exhibitions

• 1990 - Moriyama Daido Photo Exhibition, Zeit Photo Salon, Tokyo^[4]
• 1992 - Moriyama Daido : Works of 1970's, Il Tempo, Tokyo
• 1993 - Moriyama Daido Photo Exhibition, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York City
• 1993 - Moriyama Daido : Photo Installation, On Sunday's, Tokyo
• 1994 - Moriyama Daido Photo Exhibition, On Sunday's, Tokyo
• 1995 - Peeping Out, Place M, Tokyo
• 1995 - Imitation, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 1996 - Color, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 1997 - Osaka, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 1998 - Osaka, Taka Ishii Gallery, Los Angeles
• 1998 - Fragments, Parco Gallery, Tokyo
• 1999 - Tokyo Colors, The Deep Gallery, Paris
• 1999 - Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog, San Francisco MOMA, San Francisco; travelling to The Metropolitan Museum, Japan Society, New York City
• 1999 - Tono Story, Taka Ishii Gallery, Los Angeles
• 1999 - Rafflesia, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 2000 - Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, travelling to Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
• 2000 - Passage, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 2001 - Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, travelling to Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
• 2002 - Shinjuku, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 2002 - Platform, Light and Shadow, Daiwa Radiator Factory, Hiroshima
• 2002 - '71 – NY, Roth Horowitz, New York City
• 2002 - Daido Moriyama: Shinjuku - Platform - Light & Shadow, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, Japan
• 2002 - inside the white cube: Antipodes, White Cube, London
• 2003 - Moriyama Daido 1965-2003, Shimane Art Museum, Shimane, Japan travelling to Kushiro Art Museum, Hokkaido, Japan, Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, Japan
• 2003 - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
• 2004 - Daido Moriyama, Shine Gallery, London
• 2004 - Daido Moriyama, Maruzen Marunouchi Gallery, Tokyo
• 2004 - Daido Moriyama Colour prints and vintages, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany
• 2004 - Remix, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France Art Cologne 2004, Cologne, Germany
• 2005 - vintage and modern prints daido moriyama, Galerie Bob van Oursow, Zurich
• 2005 - Daido Moriyama, Gallery RAKU (Kyoto University of Art and Design), Kyoto, Japan
• 2005 - Buenos Aires, Gallery D’s (Kyoto University of Art and Design), Kyoto, Japan
• 2005 - Buenos Aires, epSITE, Epson Imaging Gallery, Tokyo
• 2005 - Buenos Aires, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 2005 - Tokyo, Reflex New Art Gallery, Amsterdam
• 2005 - Wilderness! Logos gallery, Tokyo
• 2006 - Daido Moriyama, Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
• 2006 - shinjuku 1973, 25pm, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 2006 - it, Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo
• 2007 - Daido Moriyama Retrospektive ab 1965, Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
• 2007 - Daido Moriyama Retrospectiva desde 1965, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain
• 2007 - Hawaii, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 2007 - Vintage prints from the 1960s and 70s, Galleri Riis, Oslo
• 2008 - Daido Retrospective 1965-2005, Daido Hawaii, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
• 2008 - bye-bye polaroid, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
• 2008 - Shinjuku, Tokyo, Studio Guenzani, Milan
• 2008 - Hokkaido, Rathole Gallery, Tokyo
• 2008 - The 80’s, Vintage Prints, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York City
• 2010 - Hawaii, Luhring Augustine, New York City ^[5]
• 2010 - Visioni del Mondo, Fotomuseo Guiseppe Panini, Modena, Italy
• 2011 - On the Road, National Museum of Art, Osaka

Awards

• 1967 - New Artist Award from the Japan Photo-Critics Association^[6]
• 1983 - Annual Award from the Photographic Society of Japan^[7]
• 2003 - The 44th Mainichi Art Award^[6]
• 2004 - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)^[6]

References

1. ^ Earlier, well-informed Japanese publications give "Hiromichi Moriyama" as the romanized form of his name. One example is (Japanese) Shashinka hyakunin: Kao to shashin (写真家100人 顔と写真, 100 photographers: Profiles and photographs), a special publication of Camera Mainichi magazine (1973).
2. ^ "Theme Magazine - Daido Moriyama Photographs His Beloved Shinjuku By Jiae Kim". http://www.thememagazine.com/stories/daido-moriyama/. Retrieved 2010-07-05. 
3. ^ "Culture Vulture - Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog". http://www.culturevulture.net/ArtandArch/Moriyama.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-05. 
4. ^ This and others in this list from "Daidō Moriyama's CV at Luhring Augustine". http://i1.exhibit-e.com/luhringaugustine/7ab2a54d.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-05. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Daido Moriyama at Luhring Augustine, 2010". http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2010/03/daido-moriyama-at-luhring-augustine/#more-12041. 
6. ^ ^{a b c} "Daidō Moriyama's CV at Luhring Augustine". http://i1.exhibit-e.com/luhringaugustine/7ab2a54d.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-05. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ List of award winners, PSJ. (Japanese) Accessed 2010-08-28.

Notes

External links

• Daidō Moriyama official site - news, diary, gallery and biography.
• Daidō Moriyama's works at Tokyo Digital Museum
• Documentation of recent Daido Moriyama exhibitions
• Daidō Moriyama at Artcyclopedia - list of exhibits and image galleries.
• Exhibition at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, 2007.
• Daidō Moriyama "Norhtern" at online gallery Azito.

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Name	Moriyama, Daidō
Alternative names	Moriyama Daidō; Moriyama, Hiromichi; Moriyama Hiromichi; 森山大道 (Japanese)
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Date of birth	1938
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