Daido Moriyama

Daido Moriyama

Birth : 1938-10-10, Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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Daido Moriyama (b.1938, Osaka) is a photographer.

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Daido Moriyama

Movies

The Past is Always New, the Future is Always Nostalgic: Photographer Daido Moriyama
Self
This documentary follows the legendary Japanese photographer as he continues to find new ways of seeing the visual assault of Tokyo’s streets and reminisces about his life and work.
写真家 荒木経惟 77歳の切実
記録 / Movie In London, Daido Moriyama
Himself
Kiroku(RECORD)| Movie in LONDON, DAIDO MORIYAMA” is a Documentary Film about the acclaimed photographer Daido Moriyama's journey through his own legendary personal photo magazine “Kiroku”.
Memories of a Dog: Daido Moriyama's Journey to Photography
Himself
NHK documentary about the renowned Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, with special focus and interview of Takuma Nakahira - the founder of avant-garde magazine "Provoke" in the late 60s.
Extremely Beautiful Landscapes
Himself
In the late 1960s, photographer Takuma Nakahira published the legendary photography magazine Provoke with Daido Moriyama. With this edgy writings and photographs, Nakahira rejected preexisting photographic expression. In 1977, an alcohol-induced coma resulted in a permanent partial memory loss. In the following years, with gradual recovery, Nakahira started photographing stray cats, homeless, and thatched roofs in the neighborhood near his home in a monomaniac manner. This is documentary is a portrait of the Nakahira's daily life. Directed by photographer Takashi Homma.
Near Equal Moriyama Daidou
Himself
A documentary that follows the life of photographer Daido Moriyama in the present, which has never been revealed before. Even though his charismatic presence has reigned over the world of photography since the late 60’s, his true persona had been hidden behind a veil of mystery, since he had refused any major appearances in front of any media in the past. Follow the charismatic photographer Daido Moriyama as he takes his first digital photos and observe his style of quick snapshots without looking in the finder. His stark and contrasting black and white images symbolize his fervent lifestyle.