Daido Moriyama

Daido Moriyama (b. 1938, Osaka) is one of Japan’s most influential photographers, known for his raw, high-contrast, and grainy imagery that redefined postwar Japanese photography. After assisting Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe, he launched his career in 1964 and gained acclaim with Japan: A Photo Theater (1967).

A key contributor to the avant-garde magazine Provoke, Moriyama’s are, bure, boke aesthetic left a lasting impact on global visual culture. He has held solo exhibitions at The Met, Fondation Cartier, and Tate Modern, and was the first Japanese recipient of the ICP Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Now in his 80s, Moriyama continues to exhibit internationally, maintaining his status as a seminal figure in contemporary photography.