7 things to know about Moriyama
Learn more in this quick guide about Moriyama, a name synonymous with avant-garde photography.
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For more than sixty years, Daido Moriyama (森山 大道 b. 1938) has used his camera to interrogate and revolutionise the way we look at the world with his dense, grainy images. Even today, Moriyama’s pioneering artistic spirit and visual intensity remain groundbreaking.
The exhibition traces the path of a photographer who transformed the way we see photography and questioned the very nature of photography itself.
Forget everything you’ve learned on the subject of photography for the moment, and just shoot. Take photographs - of anything and everything, whatever catches your eye. Don’t pause to think.
- Daido Moriyama
The retrospective focuses on different moments of Moriyama’s vast and productive career - beginning with his early works for Japanese magazines, interest in the American occupation, and engagement with photorealism. The show then moves through to his work from the self-reflexive period in the 1980s and 1990s, following on to his explorations of the essence of photography and of his own self, reflecting on reality, memory and cities through tireless documentation and the reinvention of his own archive.
Fittingly, Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective, brings together more than 200 works and large-scale installations, as well as many of Moriyama’s rare photobooks and magazines, for the first time in the UK. One floor of the gallery has been transformed into a reading room - a dedicated space offering a rare opportunity to spend time with his legendary publications.
Immerse yourself in Moriyama’s world at The Photographers’ Gallery, showing until 11 February 2024. Tickets available now.
Learn more in this quick guide about Moriyama, a name synonymous with avant-garde photography.
Read more
Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective was curated by Thyago Nogueira, Instituto Moreira Salles.
Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective is the product of a three-year research period, and is one of the most comprehensive exhibitions ever mounted of this artist’s work. It is organised by Instituto Moreira Salles in cooperation with the Daido Moriyama Photo Foundation.
Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective Reading Room supported by Ellen Yiwei Wang.
Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective is supported by
Prints from this exhibition are available from our Print Sales, prices from £1,250 + VAT. All profits from Print Sales support the public exhibitions programme at The Photographers' Gallery.
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Find out about membership optionsAn incredible selection of books, magazines and exhibition posters are available to shop online or in store now, including signed copies. The impressive exhibition volume features more than 190 chronologically arranged images that reveal Moriyama's constantly evolving career, which reframes his legacy, and is certain to become the definitive publication on Moriyama's work.
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