Daidō Moriyama (1938)
1938-10-10Ikeda, JapanJapan
Daidō Moriyama
Daidō Moriyama (Japanese: 森山 大道) is a Japanese photographer best known for his black-and-white street photography and association with the avant-garde photography magazine Provoke. Moriyama’s rough, unfettered photographic style makes use of sharply tilted angles, grainy textures, harsh contrasts, and blurred movements to capture the rawness of human experience as seen through the photographer’s wandering gaze. Many of his well-known works from the 1960s and 1970s are read through the lenses of post-war reconstruction and post-Occupation cultural upheaval.
Date and place of birt: | 10 october 1938, Ikeda, Japan |
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Nationality: | Japan |
Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
Specialization: | Artist, Photographer |
Genre: | Documentary photography, Street Photography |
Art style: | Post War Art, Contemporary art |