
Unique black and white Polaroid; Signed by the artist.
'Passage 11' by Daido Moriyama is a Polaroid photograph measuring 10.5 × 8.5 cm, depicting a narrow urban passageway crowded with overgrown vegetation pressing against a building's exterior wall. An air-conditioning unit sits mounted to the right, pipes run down the facade, and dense foliage nearly blocks the path ahead. The small format suits the claustrophobic framing: nothing monumental, just a compressed slice of overlooked Tokyo backstreet. Moriyama emerged through the Provoke movement of the 1960s, which rejected polished documentary photography in favour of blurred, grainy, deliberately provisional images. The Polaroid series extends that instinct into an even more immediate and singular form — no edition, no darkroom, one physical object produced at the moment of exposure. The hand-signed 'Daido' in the lower right corner reinforces the work's status as a direct, unmediated object rather than a reproduced image.
Daido Moriyama (Japan, 1938) is a trailblazing Japanese photographer known for his gritty, high-contrast black-and-white street photography. Influenced by post-war realism and the Provoke movement, his work captures the raw energy of urban life. Moriyama often uses a compact camera and grainy film to create a spontaneous, immersive aesthetic.
Passage 11, 1998-1999
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Unique black and white Polaroid; Signed by the artist.
'Passage 11' by Daido Moriyama is a Polaroid photograph measuring 10.5 × 8.5 cm, depicting a narrow urban passageway crowded with overgrown vegetation pressing against a building's exterior wall. An air-conditioning unit sits mounted to the right, pipes run down the facade, and dense foliage nearly blocks the path ahead. The small format suits the claustrophobic framing: nothing monumental, just a compressed slice of overlooked Tokyo backstreet. Moriyama emerged through the Provoke movement of the 1960s, which rejected polished documentary photography in favour of blurred, grainy, deliberately provisional images. The Polaroid series extends that instinct into an even more immediate and singular form — no edition, no darkroom, one physical object produced at the moment of exposure. The hand-signed 'Daido' in the lower right corner reinforces the work's status as a direct, unmediated object rather than a reproduced image.
Daido Moriyama (Japan, 1938) is a trailblazing Japanese photographer known for his gritty, high-contrast black-and-white street photography. Influenced by post-war realism and the Provoke movement, his work captures the raw energy of urban life. Moriyama often uses a compact camera and grainy film to create a spontaneous, immersive aesthetic.
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Daido Moriyama
Passage 11, 1998-1999
10.5 x 8.5 cm


































