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Moriyama Daidō: Photographer with the “Eyes of a Stray Dog”

  • A portrait of the photographer. (© Daidō Moriyama Photo Foundation)

    A portrait of the photographer. (© Daidō Moriyama Photo Foundation)

  • “Inu no machi” (“Misawa,” 1971). Taken in Aomori Prefecture, this shot would be a defining moment in the career of the photographer, who came to see his own street-photography gaze as similar to the stray dog’s somewhat furtive, but intensely interested, look. (© Daidō Moriyama Photo Foundation)

    “Inu no machi” (“Misawa,” 1971). Taken in Aomori Prefecture, this shot would be a defining moment in the career of the photographer, who came to see his own street-photography gaze as similar to the stray dog’s somewhat furtive, but intensely interested, look. (© Daidō Moriyama Photo Foundation)

  • “Hikari to kage 1 (hana)” (“Light and Shadow 1: Flower,” 1981). (© Daidō Moriyama Photo Foundation)

    “Hikari to kage 1 (hana)” (“Light and Shadow 1: Flower,” 1981). (© Daidō Moriyama Photo Foundation)

  • Moriyama published Light and Shadow as a collection in 1982.

    Moriyama published Light and Shadow as a collection in 1982.

  • Two of the Daido Hysteric volumes that came out in the 1990s.

    Two of the Daido Hysteric volumes that came out in the 1990s.

  • The Shinjuku, Buenos Aires, and Hawaii collections show an artist increasingly at home around the globe.

    The Shinjuku, Buenos Aires, and Hawaii collections show an artist increasingly at home around the globe.

  • The celebrated images from the 2016 “Tokyo Color” show, 2008–2015. (© Daidō Moriyama Photo Foundation)

    The celebrated images from the 2016 “Tokyo Color” show, 2008–2015. (© Daidō Moriyama Photo Foundation)

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