Daido MoriyamaJapon, 1938Shinjuku
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Où est « Shinjuku » aujourd’hui ? Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Pas exposée actuellement. Vérifié 7 octobre 2026.
Los Angeles, États-Unis
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À propos de l’œuvre
>With its indecency, hardness and disconsolateness, the city functions in strange ways and yet exposes itself as lively; it is almost a contemporary Babylon. I think that Shinjuku and I have a similar nature; perhaps that is the reason why I cannot help but be fascinated by it. > >--Daidō Moriyama Since the 1960s Daidō Moriyama has actively recorded the subculture of Tokyo. During his career he has gravitated to the dense ward of Shinjuku--known for its colossal train station, bright neon signage, and Golden Gai (a narrow network of alleyways crowded with small bars and clubs). In such neighborhoods he has located the gritty, unseemly side of the city associated with yakuza mobsters, love hotels, strip clubs, dive bars, and people who exist on the margins. The grainy, high-contrast, black and white aesthetic in Moriyama's photographs enhances the inherently surreal, highly disorienting qualities of the underground scene he documents.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 2007.19.8
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- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Image : J. Paul Getty Museum — ; In Copyright
