Daido Moriyama (Osaka, Japan 1938) lives and works in Tokyo. He first trained in graphic design before taking up photography under Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe as an assistant. He became an independent photographer in 1964, publishing Nippon Gekijō Shashinchō (Japan Theater Photo Album) in 1968 Shashin yo Sayounara (Farewell Photography) in 1972 and Light and Shadow in 1982, etc. His work has been featured in numerous museums worldwide such as Tate Modern, London (2012); The National Museum of Art, Osaka (2011); The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (2008); Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris (2003); San Francisco MOMA (1999, travelling to The Metropolitan Museum, New York).
He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the 28th Annual Infinity Awards from International Center of Photography, New York (2012); The Culture Award from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, Cologne (2004); The Photographic Society of Japan Liftime Achievement Award (2004); the Mainichi Art Award (2003) and the Japan Photo Critics Association Newcomer’s Award (1967).