Daido Moriyama Paris 88/89 /franCais/anglais

Daido Moriyama's Paris 88/89 captures the photographer's intimate, gritty exploration of the French capital during two separate visits in the late 1980s. Published by Poursuite in 2012, this collection serves as a significant retrospective of a period defined by Moriyama's signature high-contrast, grainy black-and-white aesthetic, which sought to strip away the romanticized tourist imagery of Paris in favor of raw, street-level authenticity.

The book design emphasizes the immediacy of Moriyama's 'are-bure-boke' (grainy, blurry, out-of-focus) style, presenting his restless observations of urban textures and fleeting human encounters. Originally documented on film during his travels, these images were curated to reflect the disorienting, observational quality of his process. Upon its 2012 publication, the volume was well-received by the photography community for providing a cohesive look at a pivotal chapter in Moriyama's international body of work, solidifying his status as a master of subjective street documentary.