Untitled
Daidō Moriyama
c. 1978
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 44.7 x 54.9 cm (17 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2001.67.161
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,...