Daido Moriyama (b 1938, Ikeda City, Osaka, Japan) studied photography under Takeji Iwamiya before moving to Tokyo in 1961 to work as an assistant to Eikoh Hosoe. He produced a collection of photographs, Nippon gekijō shashinchō, which showed the darker sides of urban life and the less-seen parts of cities. In them, he attempted to show how life in certain areas was being left behind the other industrialised parts. Moriyama’s style is synonymous with that of Provoke magazine, which he was involved with in 1969, namely ‘are, bure, bokeh’, translated as ‘grainy / rough, blurry, and out-of-focus’. Moriyama’s photography has been influenced by Seiryū Inoue, Shōmei Tōmatsu, William Klein, Andy Warhol, Eikoh Hosoe, the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, the dramatist Shūji Terayama and Jack Kerouac‘s On the Road. Selected Solo Exhibitions Daido Tokyo, Fondation Cartier, Paris, France— 2016 Daido Moriyama: Photobook Accident installation, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, 2015 Daido Moriyama in Color, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy— 2015 Japan— 2012 Catching Eye, Catching Mind, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong— 2015 Hawaii, Luring Augustine, New York, NY — 2010 2014 Searching Journeys, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong—2014 Daido Moriyama Visioni del Mondo, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di 2013 Daido Moriyama: Silkscreens, Hamiltons Gallery, London UK— 2013 Modena, Modena, Italy — 2010 2012 Fracture: Daido Moriyama, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA— 2012 Memory of My Eyes, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway— 2010 Daido Moriyama: Candid, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA— 2012 Tsugaru, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2010 Color, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2012 2008 The 80's Vintage Prints, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY— 2008 Tights and Lips, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, UK— 2012 bye-bye polaroid, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2008 William Klein + Daido Moriyama, Tate Modern, London UK (Joint DAIDO RETROSPECTIVE 1965-2005, DAIDO HAWAII, Tokyo Metropolitan Retrospective) — 2012 Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan— 2008 The Daido Moriyama Cycle: Hokkaido-Northern, Paris, and Serigraphies, Polka Hokkaido, Rathole Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2008 Galerie, Paris, France — 2012 Shinjuku, Tokyo, Studio Guenzani, Milano, Italy— 2008 2011 Daido Moriyama: On the Road, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan— 2012 2007 Vintage prints from the 1960s and 70s, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway— 2007 Daido Moriyama: „Tokyo Meshed World‟, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2012 Hawaii, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2007 Daido Moriyama Retrospectiva desde 1965, Centro Andaluz de Arte Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, travelling to Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain, and Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany— 2000 Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany — 2007 Daido Moriyama: Hunter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY—1999 it, RAT HOLE GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan— 2006 Rafflesia, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan—1999 shinjuku 1973, 25pm, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2006 Tono Story, Taka Ishii Gallery, Los Angeles, CA—1999 Daido Moriyama, Foam, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands— 2006 Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog, San Francisco MOMA, San Francisco, CA; traveled—1999 Wilderness!, LOGOS gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2005 to The Metropolitan Museum, Japan Society, New York, NY—1999 Tokyo, Reflex New Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands— 2005 Tokyo Colors, The Deep Gallery, Paris, France—1999 Buenos Aires, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2005 1998 Fragments, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan—1998 Buenos Aires, Gallery D‟s (Kyoto University of Art and Design), Kyoto, Japan— 2005 Osaka, Taka Ishii Gallery, Los Angeles, CA—1998 Daido Moriyama, Gallery RAKU (Kyoto University of Art and Design), Kyoto, Osaka, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan—1997 Japan— 2005 Color, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan—1996 vintage and modern prints daido moriyama, Galerie Bob van Oursow, Zurich, Imitation, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan—1995 Switzerland— 2005 Peeping Out, Place M, Tokyo, Japan—1995 Remix, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France— 2004 Moriyama Daido Photo Exhibition, On Sunday's, Tokyo, Japan—1994 DAIDO MORIYAMA Colour prints and vintages, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Moriyama Daido Photo Exhibition, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY—1993 Cologne, Germany— 2004 Moriyama Daido: Works of 1970's, Il Tempo, Tokyo, Japan—1992 Daido Moriyama, MARUZEN Marunouchi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2004 1990 Moriyama Daido Photo Exhibition, Zeit Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan—1990 Daido Moriyama, Shine Gallery, London, United Kingdom— 2004 1982 Light and Shadow, The Last Part, Konishiroku Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan—1982 Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris, France— 2003 1981 Light and Shadow, Nagase Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan—1981 Inside the white cube: Antipodes, White Cube, London, United Kingdom— 2002 Moriyama Daido Photo Exhibition, Zeit Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan—1981 Daido Moriyama: Shinjuku - Platform - Light & Shadow, The Museum of 1980 Japan, Fotogalerie in FORUM STADTPARK, Graz, Austria —1980 Contemporary Art, Nagoya, Japan— 2002 Tsugaru Straits, CAMP, Tokyo, Japan—1978 71 – NY, Roth Horowitz, New York, NY— 2002 Niigata City, CAMP, Tokyo, Japan—1978 Platform, Light and Shadow, Daiwa Radiator Factory, Hiroshima, Japan— 2002 1977 Tokyo, Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan—1977 Shinjuku, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2002 Goshogawara, Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan—1976 Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, Moriyama Daido Photo Exhibition Shadai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan—1976 traveling to Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA— 2001 Whistle if You Need Me, CAMP, Tokyo, Japan—1976 Passage, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2000 Tales of Tono, Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan— 1974 Selected Group Exhibitions For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography: 1968-1979, Museum travelling to Museum of Contemporary Art Vigo, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Japan of Fine Art, Houston, TX; Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY— 2015 — 2005 Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY— 2015 Beyond Light and Shadow The Collection of Kushiro Art Museum: Photographs, Kushiro Art Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA— 2015 Museum, Hokkaido, Japan— 2005 The Provoke Era: Japanese Photography from the Collection of SFMOMA, Crocker Art Children of the World: Witness for Tomorrow, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan— Museum, Sacramento, CA— 2015 2005 Sinnliche Ungewissheit: Eine private Sammlung, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland— 2015 MORIYAMA SHINJUKU ARAKI, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 2005 Up Close: Erotic Japanese Photography, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Foundation, Hong Kong Rencontres d'Arles Photo Festival— 2004 — 2015 Photonesia, Naha City Public Gallery, Okinawa, Japan— 2002 De Marseillaise: vijftien jaar verzamelen / Fifteen Years of Collecting, Huis Marseille, Museum of Open City: Street photographs since 1950, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, United Kingdom, Photography, Amsterdam, the Netherlands— 2014 traveling to The Lowry, Salford Quays, UK— 2001 Only The Good Ones: The Snapshot Aesthetic Revisited, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Republic— 2014 Spain— 2001 Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing Photography, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, NY Figure, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan— 1996 Public Library, New York, NY— 2014 Photo City Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan— 1995 With a Trace: Photographs of Absence, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH— 2013 Museum of Modern Art Tokyo and Photography 1953-1995, Museum of Modern Art Tokyo Film Xerography, Firstsite, Colchester, Essex, UK— 2013 Center, Tokyo, Japan— 1995 Junge Menschen (Young People), Fotomuseum Winterthur, Zürich, Switzerland— 2012 Place M Opening Exhibition, Place M, Tokyo, Japan— 1994 Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY— 2012 Japanese Pop Art 1969's, Fukui Art Museum, Fukui, Japan— 1992 Longing for Identity: Post war Japanese Photographers, Yoshii Gallery, New York, NY— 2011 Beyond Japan, Barbican Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom— 1991 Daido Moriyama x Mika Ninagawa, Taka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto and Tomio Koyama Gallery— 2011 Japanese Photography in Memories Frozen in Time 1970's, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Daido Moriyama: Printing Show – TKY, Performa at Aperture Gallery, NY, USA— 2011 Photography, Tokyo, Japan— 1991 Twenty Five, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY— 2010 Fotofest '90, Houston, TX, USA— 1990 Asian Dub Photography, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Moderna, Italy— 2008 Foto Biennale Rotterdam '90, Rotterdam, The Netherlands— 1990 A Quiet Gaze, Echoing Worlds, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan— 2008 Tokyo, A City Perspective, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan— 1990 Diana und Actaeon – Der Verbotene Blick Auf Die Nacktheit, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, The Past and the Present of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan— 1990 Germany— 2008 Photography and Climatology, Miyagi Museum of Art, Miyagi, Japan— 1990 You Have Seen Their Faces, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA— 2008 Internationale Foto-Triennale, Esslingen, Germany— 1989 Darkside – Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Zurich, Eleven Photographers: 1965-1975, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan— 1989 Switzerland— 2008 Orientalism, White Museum,