The pioneering work by Daido Moriyama has defined what we know as street photography today. The seminal artist is most-recognized for his maniacal shooting style, having relentlessly captured street snapshots of Tokyo's urban sprawl since the 1960s. The subjects across Moriyama's earlier black-and-white images depict random passersby, outsiders and everyday scenes in the Japanese capital. These grainy and highly-contrasted visuals evoke the attitudes and traditional values of postwar Japan. In r...
Daido Moriyama Discusses Radical Shooting Style, Iconic Photos & New Hong Kong Exhibition
Hypebeast - 13 Nov 2019 19:10
The pioneering work by Daido Moriyama has defined what we know as street photography today. The seminal artist is most-recognized for his maniacal shooting style, having relentlessly captured street snapshots of Tokyo's urban sprawl since the 1960s. The subjects across Moriyama's earlier black-and-white images depict random passersby, outsiders and everyday scenes in the Japanese capital. These grainy and highly-contrasted visuals evoke the attitudes and traditional values of postwar Japan. In r...
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