Unique black and white Polaroid; Signed by the artist.

'Passage 9' by Daido Moriyama is a Polaroid from 1998–1999, measuring 10.5 × 8.5 cm. A narrow urban alley recedes into deep shadow, its walls crowded with Japanese signage, dangling globe lanterns, and a tangle of overhead cables. A solitary figure in a white shirt is caught mid-passage beneath the signs. The small Polaroid format intensifies the claustrophobia of the scene — the format's inherent vignetting and low tonal range align naturally with Moriyama's signature high-contrast, grainy aesthetic. Moriyama emerged with Japan's Provoke movement in the 1960s, which broke from documentary convention toward a deliberately raw, disorienting visual language. This alley shot, made some thirty years into his career, channels that same restless handheld urgency through a format that collapses the image into near-darkness at its edges.