Daido Moriyama：The World through My Eyes

AbroadmonographdevotedtoDaidoMoriyama,oneofthepreeminentnamesincontemporaryJapanesephotographyalongwithNobuyoshiAraki,YasumasaMorimura,andShomeiTomatsu.Provokeisthetitleofthemagazinefoundedin1968byagroupofJapanesephotographers,graphicdesigners,poets,critics,andpoliticalactivists.Moriyama'sphotographyisindeedprovocative,bothfortheformittakes(dirty,blurry,overexposed,orscratched)andforitscontent.Theviewer'sexperienceofthephoto--whetheritcapturesaplace,aperson,asituation,oranatmosphere--isthecentralthrustinhiswork,whichvividlyanddirectlyconveystheartist'semotions.Theapproximately200black-and-whiteimagessketchoutanoriginalperspectiveonJapanesesociety,especiallyduringtheperiodfromthe1950stothe'70s,althoughtheartisthimselfchosetoconcludethisselectionwithanumberofphotosshotinthepastdecade.AnoutstandingsummaryofthebestprojectsMoriyamahaspursued,inarichlyprintedvolume.