Making a definitive declaration of intent or meaning kills the photograph. — Daido Moriyama Declaration Copy Share Image
“People’s bodies sticky with olive oil as they stand on an overcrowded beach looking at the gutter-like sea... [a] black spectacle [that]… — Daido Moriyama Olive oil Copy Share Image
“For me, photography is not a means by which to create beautiful art, but a unique way of encountering genuine reality” — Daido Moriyama Art Copy Share Image
Photography is the act of "fixing" time, not of "expressing" the world. The camera is an inadequate tool for extracting a vision… — Daido Moriyama Beauty Copy Share Image
If you were to ask me to define a photograph in a few words, I would say it is a fossil of… — Daido Moriyama Ask me Copy Share Image
[My] photos are often out of focus, rough, streaky, warped, etc. But if you think about it, a normal human being will… — Daido Moriyama Corners Copy Share Image
The photographer who attempts to fit happily into the world by using the traditional perspective of the camera will end up falling… — Daido Moriyama Cameras Copy Share Image
When I take photographs, my body inevitably enters a trancelike state. Briskly weaving my way through the avenues, every cell in my… — Daido Moriyama Avenues Copy Share Image
Most of what I want simply slips away like water flowing through a net, and always what remains are only vague, elusive… — Daido Moriyama Elusive Copy Share Image