Dog's Time / Inu no Toki

Daido Moriyama's photobook "Inu no Toki (A Dog's Time)." Published in 1995, this essential photobook for understanding Moriyama in the 90s reconstructs collections of photographs of Tokyo, New York, and Okinawa taken between 1964 and 1983. Centered on images from his early masterpiece "Nippon Gekijo Shashincho (Japan: A Photo Theater)," the intersecting fragments of different cities and eras reveal the very gaze of Daido Moriyama as a photographer.

The "dog" in the title is also a significant motif for Moriyama, reflecting his own image as he wanders the streets, sniffing around, and drifting through the city. The rough, grainy particles, strong contrast of light and shadow, and the series of impulsive, spontaneous snapshots capture the urban heat, unease, and even the atmosphere of the era. The hustle and bustle of Tokyo, the streets of New York, and the alleys of Okinawa intertwine, transcending geographical differences to bring forth a unique "dog's time."

The book includes a chronology from ages 26 to 45, presented in both Japanese and English. Additionally, a separate booklet containing a dialogue with Takuma Nakahira is included as a supplement, making it a valuable resource from a photographic history perspective.

The collection includes previously unreleased and unpublished works, limited to 1,500 copies. It is a comprehensive collection that allows one to experience the energy of Daido Moriyama from his early to mid-career once again in a single volume.

[Title] Inu no Toki (犬の時間)/ Inu no Toki
[Publisher] Sakuhinsha
[Publication Date] December 10, 1995 (First Edition)
[Pages] 350 pages
[Size] Approx. 180*265*29mm / 1,258g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese, English
[Title Reading] INUNOTOKI
[Author/Editor, etc.] Daido Moriyama/Author, Naomichi Kawabata/Design
[Printing] Tosho Printing/Printing & Binding
[ISBN] 4878932422
[Condition] Used 【6】Good to Average (
[Accessories] Separate booklet "Conversation with Takuma Nakahira"
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Daido Moriyama (もりやま・だいどう) 1938-

Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1938. A leading photographer in Japan.
Gained experience under Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe, and became independent in 1964.
In 1967, he received the Japan Photo Critics Association New Artist Award for his "Nippon Gekijo" series, and the following year he joined the photography coterie magazine "Provoke." His bold expression, characterized by high contrast, coarse grain, and blur, was dubbed "are-bure-boke" (grainy, blurry, out-of-focus), and significantly updated post-war Japanese photographic expression.

He consistently photographs worlds where fragments of the street, the presence of people, and desires and loneliness intertwine, set against the backdrop of Shinjuku, Osaka, Yokosuka, and urban landscapes he visits. His representative works include "Nippon Gekijo Shashincho," "Hunter," "Farewell Photography," "Light and Shadow," and "Memory of a Dog." He has established a unique world through a vast number of publications, treating the photobook medium itself as an important field of expression.

Highly acclaimed both domestically and internationally, he has held large-scale solo exhibitions at institutions such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
He received the ICP Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2012, the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2018, the Hasselblad International Award in Photography in 2019, and the Asahi Prize in 2020.
He continues to be active at the forefront of the field today.

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