Suwa, Nagano, Japan
Daidō Moriyama
1982, printed 2023
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View on museum website →Medium
inkjet print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 33.66 × 50.17 cm (13 1/4 × 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Michael Hawley
Accession Number
2024.101.1.3
About the Artist
Daidō Moriyama
**Daidō Moriyama**, born Hiromichi Moriyama on October 10, 1938, in Ikeda near Osaka, Japan, experienced a nomadic childhood as his family relocated frequently due to his father's job, living in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Chiba, and Shimane before settling back in Osaka around age 11. From ages 16 to 20, he apprenticed in graphic design at the studio of photographer Takeji Iwamiya in Osaka. In 1961, at 23,...