Daido Moriyama
NATIONAL HIGHWAY 1 AT DAWN (Asahi-cho, Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture), 1968

Artwork Info

Artwork title
NATIONAL HIGHWAY 1 AT DAWN (Asahi-cho, Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture)
Artist name
Daido Moriyama
Date created
1968
Classification
photograph
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
7 5/8 in. × 11 11/16 in. (19.37 cm × 29.69 cm)
Date acquired
1981
Credit
Collection SFMOMA
Gift of Van Deren Coke
Copyright
© Daido Moriyama
Permanent URL
https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/81.165
Artwork status
Not on view at this time.

Photographer Daido Moriyama reflects on the essence of his medium, his appreciation for the Pop artist Andy Warhol, and his process for capturing the world around him. He recounts the origin of his photograph Misawa (1971) and how the stray dog it depicts became emblematic of his career.

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