Joseph Colon weekly post

Daido Moriyama

Daido Moriyama is a Japanese photographer who shot mostly black and white photos during the early 60s and throughout the 80s. His images were often scratch, and grainy, and hd a very dreamy feel to them. In his black and white images he tires to capture everyday life that he sees in Japan. he captures what he sees on a day to day basis. His color images don't really focus on that, the color images are a contrast between a city thats trying to keep up traditional values, while also trying to conform to the idea of becoming modernized, and trying not to have to much western influence. Japan is a very traditional country, so for him to transition from shooting black and white to color, to get across what he is trying to say is very interesting to me.