DAIDO MORIYAMA EXHIBITIONS

While in Tokyo, I saw two Daido Moriyama exhibitions in the Metropolitan Museum of Photography. HAWAII - showing images from his latest book, and RETROSPECTIVE, covering his work from 1965-2005. The second exhibition is very important because you can see the evolution of Daido's work. It starts like ordinary street work - but then becomes much deeper and more thoughtful. Every image is packed with amazing, mindblowing energy. I especially loved the HOKAIDO period. His very rare and impossible to find books were also on display (he has published around 90 books so far)



Here is the text from the exhibition


Thanks to Daido's agent Hisako, I met with him in the museum cafe, and was blown away. Great, positive energy, without a grain of self importance. One of the most important photographers of our time is such a normal and modest person. I spent an hour talking with him, a meeting I'll never forget. He also signed a stack of my books ....



Of course, I didn't have a digital camera on me, since I don't own one; but my friend Hiromi took some photos at the meeting with my new toy, NIKON 28Ti, I'll post soon...