Aomori 1950-1962 | Shoichi Kudo | Misuzu Shobo 2021 [REPRINT] Lieko Shiga Moriyama has come to transcend

Moriyama has come to transcend such a description

The harsh reality of the past merges seamlessly with moments of rapture that feel plucked from a Grimm fairy tale

I go to a bar

her work stands separate from traditional rote photojournalism by way of a sensitivity in which only the eyes and lens of one who was raised in such a place can demonstrate

SIgned by Daido Moriyama on the endpaper

Aomori 1950-1962 | Shoichi Kudo | Misuzu Shobo 2021 [REPRINT] Lieko Shiga Moriyama has come to transcendMany of the pictures date from the early 1950s, and appear to be snapshots taken en route to work at To o Nippo in Shinmachi from the house in Kitakanazawa where he lived before he was married, or from Okidate, where I grew up. Prior to purchasing a car, it seems my father walked to work each day, with his camera. Others pictures may come from vacations taken with photographer friends, or during breaks on news assignments, but we can only guess.