Daido Moriyama (森山 大道, 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 Osaka, he 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 gekijo shashincho, 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.

Among the most famous of Moriyama's works is the 1971 shot of a stray dog (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) and many others featuring everyday objects or landscapes shot from unfamiliar angles, giving them a stark perspective.

Among the artists to have influenced Daido are Andy Warhol, William Klein and the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.

An exhibition of his work was held at the Shine Gallery in London between February and April 2004.

External links

• Daido Moriyama at Artcyclopedia - list of exhibits and image galleries.
• Daido Moriyama Official Site - news, diary, gallery and biography.