Perhaps the most celebrated photographer to emerge from the Japanese Provoke movement of the 1960s, Daido Moriyama uses an ordinary compact camera and never stops shooting…
Fantastic short film from the Tate Modern on Daido Moriyama, a Japanese photographer noted for his images depicting the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan. One of the things that made Moriyama so interesting is that he is quite famous for using Ricoh film compact cameras for his 50+ years of shooting on the streets of Shinjuku in Tokyo. Naturally starting out shooting mostly black and white film, and later moving into digital. According to Moriyama, keeping your gear simple allows you to focus more on the photography and the feeling of the moment – rather than fumbling around with your equipment and settings.
The 11-minute video comes with subtitles, but it’s well worth the watch. If you’d like to keep up with more photographer and artist video’s by the Tate, be sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel.
