This book is a comprehensive retrospective covering forty years of Daido Moriyama's influential work in Japanese photography. Born near Osaka in 1938, Moriyama's gritty photography captures the socio-cultural evolution of Japan post-World War II. His images, often featuring disordered compositions and unconventional techniques, explore themes of modernity, tradition, and existential turmoil across Japanese streets and highways. Influenced by Hosoe, Tomatsu, and American photographers William Klein and Robert Frank, Moriyama's work represents a dynamic approach to street photography. The compilation includes over 200 images, presented in collaboration with the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.
