Daido Moriyama
Moriyama (森山) family name, Daido (大道) first name, (1938 - )
Daido Moriyama is a renowned photographer known for his coarse and indistinct black and white photography.
Activities
Photographer
Alternate Name(s)
森山大道 (Japanese)
Biography
1938: Born on Oct 10th in Osaka.
1967: New Artist Award from the Japan Photo Critics Association
1970: First solo exhibition, Scandal, in Tokyo.
1972: Publishes Kagero, A phonebook that includes nude bound women.
1983: Photographer of the Year Award from the Photographic Society of Japan
2003: Mainichi Art Award
2004: Der Kulturpreis (The Cultural Award) der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Photographie
2004: Lifetime Achievement Award from The Photographic Society of Japan
2008: Publishes Kagero&Colors, an oversize phonebook with color images not shown in Kagero.
2012: ICP Infinity Award, Lifetime Achievement
2018: L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Chevalier
2019: The Hasselblad Foundation, International Award in Photography
Interesting point(s)
Selected Works
- Kagero『カゲロウ』(1972)
- Kagero&Colors『カゲロウ アンド カラーズ』(2008)
- Asano. Miscellaneous Impressions on Kinbaku Photos. (Kitan Club, Dec 1971) Mentions Daido.
