Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs

by Takeshi Nakamoto

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Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs offers an intimate look at the creative process of one of photography’s most influential voices, guided by Takeshi Nakamoto’s clear, insightful exploration of Moriyama’s working methods. Through a high-level journey across the photographer’s approach to seeing, framing, and revising—often under the pressure of real-world immediacy—the book illuminates how instinct, repetition, and risk shape a distinctive visual language. Readers will encounter themes of spontaneity versus intention, the beauty of imperfection, and the ways street-level experience can become a lifelong artistic practice. Written with the accessibility of a craft-focused conversation and the depth of art criticism, it’s an essential companion for anyone drawn to documentary energy, experimental aesthetics, and the philosophy behind making photographs.

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paperback edition cover

paperback

King Publishing, Laurence

Published Jan 1, 2019

208 pages

ISBN: 9781786274243

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First Published

2019

Language

eng

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