Author Topic: Daido Moriyama (Read 13973 times)

Steven. · « **on:** March 23, 2012, 09:39:59 AM »

he's one of my favorite photographers. i just noticed somebody uploaded 犬の記憶 last month so here it is for you guys in case you didn't see it yet

ETV特集犬の記憶～森山大道・写真への旅～

hookstrapped · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2012, 12:58:27 PM »

One of my favorite photographers, also.

Skorj · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2012, 01:46:58 PM »

森山のカメラです:

http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=771.0

One of my GRs is signed by Moriyama-san, and my Polaroid portrait of him is somewhere on filmwasters too... If you can catch him, he's more than happy to talk about his work, and what it means to him as well. His lack of eccentricity popular with popular photographers makes him very approachable indeed. Plus, his early Hokkaido work is simply some of the best I've ever seen.

More here:

If someone can tell me too perhaps how he makes his prints glow, and generates selective graining, I'd be mighty pleased! I did not ask him this, thinking it rude... Next time perhaps. Skj.

Steven. · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2012, 05:49:56 PM »

^^ he signed your GR? man that is too awesome

i have no clue how he makes his prints.. its evident he does a lot of work in the darkroom but as far as the process who knows. every picture he takes is so attractive to me.. he really is an inspiration.

Lino · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2012, 10:15:46 PM »

I'm also a great fan of Moriyama.

There is a movie called Near Equal Daido Moriyama (also named "Stray dog of tokyo") that is pretty good, and english subbed. It shows a small glimpse of how he makes his hands dance in the light of the enlarger to make a print. Probably won't help your much, but it is pretty interesting to watch.

calbisu · « **Reply #5 on:** March 26, 2012, 06:58:24 AM »

Ooohh, it's in Japanese

Steven. · « **Reply #6 on:** March 26, 2012, 09:06:28 AM »

well mr. moriyama is japanese after all

i think there used to be a subbed version but it must have been taken down cus i dont see it anymore.

i cant quite understand everything either but its cool enough to see him shoot in some parts haha.

rpmdrd · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2012, 04:36:29 AM »

skorj, any chance this is your camera up for sale at jch's web site?

jannx · « **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2012, 06:28:16 AM »

Hi Steven your original video at the top of this post is unavailable.. is it somewhere else and is there a link to it?

Steven. · « **Reply #9 on:** April 20, 2012, 05:51:15 PM »

i youtube'd 犬の記憶 and got this.. pretty sure its the same according to the description.

moriyama daidou #1.wmv

moriyama daidou #2.wmv

moriyama daidou #3.wmv

moriyama daidou #4.wmv

moriyama daidou #5.wmv

these are the 5 parts i found.

Francois · « **Reply #10 on:** April 20, 2012, 09:23:16 PM »

If you really want them, I think you better use the DownloadHelper Firefox extension and save them to your drive. The plug-in works better when the videos are played directly on the youtube site.

jannx · « **Reply #11 on:** April 20, 2012, 10:01:14 PM »

thanks Steven.

Does anyone have any idea what kind of camera he's wielding in this video. I'm thinking it might be a Ricoh but not sure. The video quality is not good enough to distinguish. It sounds like it has an auto advance feature and I couldn't make out any film advance lever he was using. Then again it might be digital. He would hold the camera while not looking through the viewfinder so I'm perplexed. It's not a big thing but it's intriguing.

Steven. · « **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2012, 07:27:08 AM »

Quote from: jannx on April 20, 2012, 10:01:14 PM

thanks Steven.

Does anyone have any idea what kind of camera he's wielding in this video. I'm thinking it might be a Ricoh but not sure. The video quality is not good enough to distinguish. It sounds like it has an auto advance feature and I couldn't make out any film advance lever he was using. Then again it might be digital. He would hold the camera while not looking through the viewfinder so I'm perplexed. It's not a big thing but it's intriguing.

if i remember correctly hes been using a ricoh gr1 with tri-x for many years (i think. correct me if im wrong). in another video, araki says that many photographers nowadays are defined by their cameras whereas moriyama is the master of his camera. what i think he means is basically moriyamas so used to the 28mm that he knows hows its going to be framed without looking and knows his camera inside out.

edit: theres a pic in the skorj's gr1 review here of moriyama with his camera

http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=771.0

Steven. · « **Reply #13 on:** May 30, 2012, 07:35:23 AM »

my friend just showed me that Near Equal has been uploaded to youtube with English subtitles for your viewing pleasure

Daido Moriyama "Near Equal Moriyama Daido" full video with english subtitle

enjoy!

calbisu · « **Reply #14 on:** May 30, 2012, 10:41:32 AM »

great, thanks Steven.

jojonas~ · « **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2012, 01:41:12 PM »

Arigato!

calbisu · « **Reply #16 on:** May 30, 2012, 08:03:39 PM »

It was simply fantastic!! He just opens to the camera and explains so many personal things, it´s great that you can view and hear the man behind the camera. Thanks again for sharing the video, and subtitles makes a difference!

arigato gozi mashita!!

astrobeck · « **Reply #17 on:** May 30, 2012, 10:43:03 PM »

I really like his style and approach to photography...plus I could listen to that voice all day long.

Thanks all for the links and vids!

Steven. · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2012, 11:10:24 AM »

you're welcome everyone!

it was touching when he was talking about his drug addiction and his family issues. i never would have guessed he was a junkie before.

jojonas~ · « **Reply #19 on:** June 01, 2012, 07:22:04 PM »

thanks again steven. that saved my evening. I think I'll be going for a walk now

edit: that was a good walk~~

Author Topic: Daido Moriyama (Read 13973 times)

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