Daido moriyama biography of william klein

Who? Generally regarded as a pioneer of American photography and film making, William Klein was born in New York, USA in , but has lived in Paris for most of his life.

Explore modern urban life in New York and Tokyo through the photographs of William Klein and Daido Moriyama.

Explore modern urban life in New York and Tokyo through the photographs of William Klein and Daido Moriyama.

Generally regarded as a pioneer of American photography and film making, William Klein was born in New York, USA in , but has lived in Paris.

William Klein and Daido Moriyama have considerably enriched the language of photography, finding new ways of taking, processing and presenting photographs.

William Klein + Daido Moriyama examines the importance of the urban environment for two of post-war photography's most compelling and elusive figures.

Early in his career, Moriyama became acquainted with the work of both William Klein and Andy Warhol.

In this exhibition Klein’s work is presented and examined alongside the work of Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, who was born in Osaka in , and has lived and worked in Tokyo since Both Klein and Moriyama have had extensive and highly acclaimed careers, including solo shows at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (Klein) and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Moriyama).

What?

Taking as their starting point the cities which Klein and Moriyama spent time in during their artistic careers, both artists explore the everyday activities of modern street life, in particular politically-charged protests and demonstrations, as well as urban motifs such as advertising and street signage.

As each artist occupies opposing suites of rooms, these two retrospective exhibitions, showing work from th