Daido Moriyama Quartet

This book explores Moriyama Daidō’s formative years through four seminal photobooks: Japan: A Photo Theater, A Hunter, Farewell Photography and Light and Shadow. Published during a transformative period in Japan from 1968 to the early 1980s, these works reflect the country’s changing cultural, economic and social conditions while tracing the development of Moriyama’s photographic style.

Moriyama Daidō was born in Osaka. After working as an assistant to photographer Hosoe Eikoh, he became independent in 1964 and remains active today. His work is characterised by high-contrast imagery and coarse-grained textures, often described by the phrase “are, bure, boke” (rough, blurred, out of focus).

He has held numerous solo exhibitions at major institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. His honours include the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier) in 2018 and the Hasselblad Award in 2019.

22.5 x 3.5 x 30 cm
440 pages