A large scale scale survey on the preeminent Japanese photographer Daidō Moriyama is currently being hosted by the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum in Japan, from June 2 to September 22.

Best known for his confrontational, black-and-white images that depict the contrast of modern society and traditional values in postwar Japan, Moriyama’s photographs are centered around experiences acquired from traversing the streets of Japanese cities.

Moriyama, recipient of the 2019 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography, has maintained the same mode of production since he began photographing 50 years ago, and his grainy, often blurry, high-contrast style, which came to be described as “are, bure, boke” (rough, blurry, out of focus) have remained unchanged.

Casting his lens on the bustling metropolis of Tokyo, Moriyama's latest exhibition, which is built on the theme of “ongoing” showcases his latest color and monochrome works, which provide a glimpse of how his photographic style gives life to abstract objects, and the sensation of movement to sill images.

From the series Pretty Woman, 2017. (Daido Moriyama Photo Foundation)

The exhibition also features a hardcover catalog inclusive of all of Moriyama’s works on display, including his recurring Record series, Pretty Woman (2007), and Tokyo Boogie Woogie(2018).

The collection of visuals are accompanied with a foreword by Moriyama, essays by writer Akiko Otake and photo critic Yoshiaki Kai that offer insight into Moriyama’s distinctively influential photographic mode of work. The catalogs are available in two languages, Japanese and English.

Additional information about Moriyama’s work can be found on the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum website.