[.ca] Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog (ISBN 0918471508)

Japan and Modernity Collide:
Some of the finest modern photography from Japan has been produced by Daido Moriyama. Defying any categories (including the "modern" one I gave him above, Moriyama stretches the boundaries of photography and peers into the dark and blurry places that scare us. The book's comments on each photo are extremely worthwhile also, providing an insight into Daido's work that isn't found elsewhere.

Decidedly not Weston:
I've seen several books and articles on Japanese photography that seem to feature bad cameras, low resolution, muddy printing/reproduction. This is one of them. However, the pictures are disturbing, affecting. Some don't work for me. Does it help to say, I lost a copy of this in a fire, and am buying it back? Or that I recommend it highly to anybody who thinks they need better equipment to take good photographs.

Daido Moriyma's Stray Dog:
As someone who saw Moriyama's fantastic show at the SF MOMA I had to buy this book. Great gritty black and white photos examining post WWII Japanese Culture. Includes a fairly extensive intro detailing his influences and his career.