Okinawa s49 / ++ edition
Daido Moriyama
(森山大道) moriyama just as there are no

just as there are no limits to the possible arcs described by soft human forms

Life fades out and leaves no space for will

1981年、私は34歳で、ライト・ワークのディレクター、ジェフリー・フーンの招きに応じて 1か月間シラキュースに滞在することになった。ライト・ワークのアーティスト・イン・レジデンス は、写真家に撮影・現像・プリントのいずれも自由にさせてくれるというものだったが、私は現像や プリントがあまり得意ではなかったから、ひたすら撮影に集中した。自分にとって初めての場所で 何の妨げもなく撮影する機会に恵まれて、この滞在は私のキャリアのなかでも、きわめて楽しく重要な ひとときだった。

Each photograph represents a door into a new world I was previously unaware of

It was winter and every Saturday night Pizzeria Sunne transformed from a fast food restaurant into a karaoke bar

Okinawa s49 / ++ edition<br>Daido Moriyama<br>(森山大道) moriyama just as there are no1974 was the first year that I went to Okinawa and it was exactly a one week stay. Most of the photos in this book are those I took during that trip. However, the purpose of the trip to Okinawa then was not to take photos but for Shoumei Toumatsu, Eikou Hosoe, Masahisa Fukase, Nobuyoshi Araki, and myself who all lived in Tokyo then to conduct a photo workshop with "Photo Taking" as the main theme for 10 plus photographers and photo lovers living in