Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Press Release: Feb.

2008

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I. RETROSPECTIVE 1965-2005 II. HAWAII

Exhibition
Eros or Something not Eros, 1968, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

Hawaii, 2007

Date: May 13(Tues) - June 29(Sun), 2008 Venue: 2nd & 3rd Floor Exhibition Galleries, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Organized by: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography / Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd. Special Support: Cartier Support: Seiko Epson Corporation. In Cooperation with: Taka Ishii Gallery Patronized by: Sankei Sports, Yukan Fuji, FujiSankei Business i., iza!, SANKEI EXPRESS

Exhibition Summary
The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography is pleased to announce that it will be holding a two-part exhibition of the work of MORIYAMA Daido, under the titles: I. RETROSPECTIVE 1965-2005 and II. HAWAII. MORIYAMA Daido started work as a freelance photographer in 1963, publishing his Yokosuka series in the Camera Mainichi monthly magazine in 1965. He continued to publish work in various photographic magazines, the high-contrast, grainy images he produced during the sixties and seventies being criticized as 'coarse, camera-shaken and blurred', but they were to cause a revolution in the Japanese photographic world. Forever questioning the meaning of photography, all his photographic serieshis early, Japan, A Photo Theater (1968), the controversial Farewell Photography (1972), which examined photographic expression, Light and Shadow (1982) which marked his comeback after a creative slump, and his latest, Hawaii (2007)all attracted great attention. Capturing daily life in the form of snapshots taken in the street, his powerful works stir up emotions such as desire, loneliness, unease, etc. in the viewer. The upcoming exhibition comprises of two sections, one tracing the career of this world-famous photographer and the other showing his current work. We hope that you will enjoy this opportunity to view the entire body of work of this unique photographer who explored the very essence of photography.

Exhibition Structure

I. RETROSPECTIVE1965-2005
3rd Floor Exhibition Gallery. Organized by: Tokyo Metropolitan Government / Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography / Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd. The exhibition in the 3rd Floor Gallery will trace MORIYAMAs career, based mainly on works from the museums own collection. It will start with his works from the sixties, when he debuted as a photographer; trace his career through the seventies, when he produced a radical critique of the meaning of photography; show his recovery from a creative slump in the eighties and present his continued progress through the nineties to the present day. In this way we will trace the route taken by this master of photography, who will turn seventy years old this year, as he
Eros or Something not Eros, 1968, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

posed the question, What is photography?, presenting approximately 200 photographs, that range from his most famous to those that have never been shown before.

Main Works
From the collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Japan Theater This was MORIYAMAs first major series of work. He began photographing at small, popular theatres at the request of TERAYAMA Shuji who wanted photographs to go with his writings. These were published in Camera Mainichi in 1967 under the title, Japan Theater and in the same year, he won the Newcomers Award from the Japan Photo Critics Association for this series.
Japan Theater, 1966 Hokkaido: Rumoi, 1978

Provoke Provoke magazine, which had the subtitle, Provocative Material for Thought, was founded by NAKAHIRA Takuma, TAKI Koji, etc., as a radical magazine in which photographs would challenge words. MORIYAMA contributed from the second edition, publishing photographs on the subject of Eros that depicted his personal affairs. It was from around this time that he first questioned the meaning of photography and began to produce experimental works.
Provoke II, 1969

Hokkaido

After Provoke, MORIYAMAs skepticism of photography grew with the result that during the latter half of the seventies he found he could no longer produce the kind of work he wanted. He traveled to Hokkaido, basing himself in Sapporo while he traveled the island alone for three months to take photographs. This series of work expressed the loneliness and anguish he experienced at the time in a highly lyrical manner.

Light and Shadow This work marked the end of a long creative slump. He started to publish the Light and Shadow series in the first edition of Shashin Jidai (Photography Age) in 1981, then the following year he brought out the entire series in book form. MORIYAMA had long contemplated on the meaning of photography, and after seeing the oldest photograph in existence, that was produced by Nicephore Niepce in 1825, he came to the conclusion
Light and Shadow, 1981

that Photography was 'a fossil of light and time". As a result of this series, in which he captured light in a simple, clear way, he was able to rediscover his creativity and in 1983, he won the Photographer of the Year Award from the Photographic Society of Japan.

Daido hysteric/Shinjuku In the 1990s MORIYAMAs work took a new turn with the publication of the hysteric series of books by the Hysteric Glamour fashion house. In this series he abandoned his previous lyrical style, adopting a powerful new approach to his subjects. In 2002, he published a new series of work named Shinjuku, after the area of Tokyo in which he based his activities. Comprising of six hundred pages, it possessed overwhelming volume as well as power, resulting in it winning the Mainichi Art Award. Both the Daido hysteric and the Shinjuku series were added to the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photographys collection in 2006.
Shinjuku, 2001-02

Other Series to be Included in the Exhibition: Tokyo (1968-80) Cherry Blossoms (1972-82) New York City (1971-72)

Works Borrowed from the Artist and Other Institutions: Silent Theater Yokosuka Farewell Photography Memories of a Dog Paris Buenos Aires
Shinjuku, 2001-02

Other Materials: Entire Series of MORIYAMA Daidos Published Photographic Collections Related magazines such as Camera Mainichi, Camera Asahi, etc.

Exhibition Printed Matter

Free Leaflet Containing a message from MORIYAMA Daido, a chronology, his representative works, a commentary, and a list of exhibits.

MORIYAMA Daido (Tankosha Publishing Co., Ltd.), 2,400 (proposed price) In addition to essays by various writers, it will include one by a member of the public, selected from participants in an open competition held by the museum. Proposed Contributors: TAKI Koji (art/photography critic), HAYASHI Michiro (art critic/Professor, Sophia University), Shimizu Minoru (art & photography critic/Associate Professor, Doshisha University), KANEHIRA Shigenori (journalist, President, TBS News), HIRANO Keiichiro (novelist), Nagisa Yoko (singer), OTAKE Shinro (artist), KASAHARA Michiko (curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography), etc.

Film Show (proposed)

MORIYAMA Daido - Photographer, 1996 (Produced by Nippon Television Network Corporation for the program, Bi-no-sekai)

Associated Events
Series of Discussions with MORIYAMA Daido May 23 (Fri) 18:00-20:00 MORIYAMA Daido with OTAKE Shinro (artist) Moderator: KASAHARA Michiko (curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography) May 24 (Sat) 18:00-20:00 MORIYAMA Daido with TAKI Koji (art/photography critic) Moderator: SHIMIZU Minoru (Associate Professor, Doshisha University) May 30 (Sat.) 18:00-20:00 MORIYAMA Daido with KANEHIRA Shigenori (journalist, President TBS News) Moderator: OKABE Tomoko (curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography) * Changes may be made to listed participants. * For further details of the contents and participation, please refer to the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography official website.

Floor Lecture The curator in charge will provide an explanation of the exhibits at 2:00 pm. on the second and fourth Fridays of the month. Anybody with a valid entrance ticket for the day is welcome to attend.

II. HAWAII
2nd Floor Exhibition Gallery Organized by: Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture / Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography / Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd. The Exhibition Gallery on the second floor will feature MORIYAMA Daidos latest series, Hawaii. Produced over a period of three years from 2004, MORIYAMA has captured the mystery of nature and the daily lives of the people on Hawaii and Oahu islands in monochrome, producing his own unique view of this State. The exhibition will consist of approximately 60 works, including some special, large-sized prints, that have been personally selected and arranged by MORIYAMA from the 300 contained in his book, Hawaii.
All images are: Hawaii, 2007

A Profile of MORIYAMA Daido (1938-)

After training in graphic design, MORIYAMA studied photography under IWAMIYA Takeji and HOSOE Eiko. He became a freelance From that photographer in 1963 and published the Yokosuka series in Camera Mainichi in 1965. time on, he continued to publish works in photographic magazines, etc. In 1967 he won the Newcomers Award, from the Japan Photo Critics Association NAKAHIRA high-contrast, for his Japan and style. Theater other series. Between 1968-70 he worked with TAKI Koji, Takuma grainy avant-garde powerful photographers on Provoke magazine, developing a His technique, that was described as being coarse,
Hawaii, 2007

shaky and blurred', shattered the accepted concepts of photography at that time. His

controversial Farewell Photography (1972) series, which looked at the very essence of photography, and his Light and Shadow (1982), which marked his return after a creative slump, both received a lot of attention. All of these works featured fragments of the reality he saw in the streets, their power winning him high praise, irrespective of country or age. In 1999 he held a solo exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and in 2003 at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris, adding to his international reputation. At home, he won the Photographer of the Year Award from the Photographic Society of Japan in 1983, then in 2003 he won the 44th Mainichi Art Award for his work, Shinjuku. In the same year, large-scale retrospective exhibitions of his work were held in Shimane, Hokkaido and Kawasaki. He remains active as a photographer, publishing his latest work, Hawaii, in 2007 and holding retrospective exhibitions in Seville, Spain and Cologne, Germany.

Information
Exhibition Name: Moriyama Daido Exhibition I. RETROSPECTIVE 1965-2005 / II. Hawaii Venue: 2nd/3rd Floor Exhibition Galleries, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Tel: 03-3280-0099 URL: http://www.syabi.com Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062. (7 minutes walk from the East Exit, JR Ebisu Station; 10 minutes walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Ebisu Station) Admission Fee: General: Adults 1100 (880), Students 900 (720), Junior and Senior High School Students/People aged 65 or over 700 (560).

The two exhibitions may be viewed separately if preferred.

I. RETROSPECTIVE 1965-2005 : (3rd Floor Exhibition Gallery) Adults 500 (400), Students 400 (320), Junior and Senior High School Students/People aged 65 or over 250 (200).
* The figure in parentheses refers to the group discount rate applicable to groups of 20 people or more. *Admission is free of charge for members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Club, grade school children or younger, disabled persons and their carers, and to persons aged 65 or over who visit on the third Wednesday of each month.

II. HAWAII : (2nd Floor Exhibition Gallery) Adults 800 (640), Students 700 (560), Junior and Senior High School Students/People aged 65 or over 600 (480)
*The figures in parentheses refer to the group discount rate applicable to groups of 20 people or more. *Admission is free of charge for members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Club, grade school children or younger, disabled persons and their carers, and to persons aged 65 or over who visit on the third Wednesday of each month.

Open Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 (Thurs/Fri 10:00 - 20:00) * Final admission 30 minutes before closing time. Museum Closed: Closed every Monday (If Monday is a holiday, it will close the following day)

For Further Information:

Please contact the Curatorial Section,

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062 Tel: 03-3280-0034 Fax: 03-3280-0033

Exhibition Curator: OKABE Tomoko (t.okabe@syabi.com) PR/Advertising: KUSHIRO Akiko (a.kushiro@syabi.com)