Daido Moriyama (b. 1938, Japan) is one of Japan's leading figures in photography. Witness to the spectacular changes that transformed post-World War II Japan, his black and white photographs express a fascination with the cultural contradictions of age-old traditions that persist within modern society. Providing a harsh, crude vision of city life and the chaos of everyday existence, strange worlds, and unusual characters, his work occupies a unique space between the objective and the subjective, the illusory and the real. Moriyama's use of a small hand-held automatic camera gives his images a loose and casual aesthetic, undermined by a forceful and decisive point of view. His work has been exhibited worldwide, and his numerous books are considered landmarks of photographic publishing.

Specifications / Credits

Title: Tights and Tiles
Artist: Daido Moriyama
Year: 2014
Process: Letterpress & Hand-pulled photogravure
Photogravure: Unai San Martin
Printing: Cianna Valley
Portfolio Size: 35.7 x 36 x 6.7 cm
Box Size: 38.2 x 36.6 x 7.6 cm
Edition: 50
Bookbinding: John de Merritt
Produced by: Little Big Man Books in collaboration with Taka Ishii Gallery & Smith Andersen North Gallery
Collection: Unai San Martin