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Tokyo Eye, Part II

PHOTOGRAPHER DAIDO MORIYAMA DOESN'T BLINK

Daido Moriyama is an instinctive photographer who prefers taking pictures to theorizing about them. Nevertheless, we managed to track him down this week to discuss the ups and downs of his long career.

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The Harvard Crimson: How have your opinions on photography changed over the years? Do you take photos for different reasons now than you did in the past?

Daido Moriyama: It's been 35 years since I became an independent photographer, and since 35 years is a long time, naturally my thinking has changed along the way, the way waves do. Nevertheless, the fundamental way I view photography has not really changed very much in the end. What does change is the way I view each subject.

THC: Can you explain this change more specifically?

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