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Daido Moriyama
Signed Daido Moriyama photo book (Moriyama Tights in Shimotakaido)

2018

About the Item

Signed Daido Moriyama artist book (Moriyama Tights in Shimotakaido 2018): This hand signed 'Tights in Shimotakaido' artist book is the second publication in a series of hand bound photo books with a silkscreened printed cover by Moriyama. A hand signed Daido Moriyama photo book featuring his tights motif as well as his grainy, black & white, high contrast photo style. Photo book with silkscreened cover printed on canvas (122 pages). Dimensions: 8.27 inches × 11.7 inches. Hand signed by Moriyama and editioned 409/600. Excellent overall condition. Provenance: Akaio Nagasawa Gallery. Daido Moriyama has a self-proclaimed obsession with cities. In his mod 70s now, his work still shares the same inclination to record his surroundings as his earliest pictures, taken during the dramatic transformation of 1960s post-war Japan. Moriyama used his camera to document the American military occupation of his country and the dissolution of traditional values experienced alongside accelerated modernization. In a process he maintains today, Moriyama shot with a small hand-held automatic camera, rarely with attention to the viewfinder (firing his shutter as if by machine gun.) In his depictions of city life, Moriyama documents cultural change and chaotic urban experience, typically in grainy, black-and-white, high-contrast images, which he prints himself. Early influences include photographers Weegee, and William Klein, all who shared a similar affection for the dynamics of city life. “Photography is a medium open to everyone.” Moriyama states. “However, at present, original prints are sold upon request of the art market, often produced as a limited edition. I think this is the opposite of the original essence of photography. For this reason, I usually don’t add editions to my works. The value of a photograph is not higher if produced in a limited edition and lower if produced in larger quantities. No matter how many copies of an amazing photo are printed, its artistic value won’t be diminished. On the contrary, isn’t printing and distributing large numbers of photos around the world the best way to show the potential of photography? That said, it rarely happens that I issue a special edition of a photobook or any edition for a specific purpose, but since the purpose of this sale is to support Aperture, I decided to limit the edition and offer these prints at a lower price than usual.” (source: Aperture Foundation) Related Categories Street photography. Fashion photography. Nude. Erotic. William Klein. Nan Goldin. Women. Pop art. Street Art. Robert Frank. William Klein.
  • Creator:
    Daido Moriyama (1938, Japanese)
  • Creation Year:
    2018
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 8 in (20.32 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    NEW YORK, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU354310685832
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