(Daido Moriyama, “How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido“, 1987)
Before I headed to Tokyo, I did a Google search for “Shimotakaido,” the neighborhood where my friend Patrick Tsai lives and where he was graciously allowing me to crash. One of the first results was this awesome 1987 photo-series by renowned Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama – fitting, as Patrick is also a photographer and a big Moriyama fan.
A short review I did on “Light Streams,” the current show at Center for Cosmic Wonder in Tokyo, is up at Artforum.com. Read online here or in the vault. See some pictures from the show below.
[Tokyo, Japan]
Since Beijing was preoccupied with military parade mania over the October holiday, it seemed like a good time to escape to Tokyo.
Full set here.
Bonus: learn Chinese from an animated panda on Japanese television.
My rambling notes from the week of SHContemporary are up at Artforum China; read the full article online here or in the vault. They didn’t end up using all of my pictures, however, so here are a few extras below…