Rhein II by Andreas Gursky

The day before yesterday photo below was sold by Christie’s auction house for $4,338,500 and become world’s most expensive photography. You may find more works and read about Andreas Gursky in our article.

Rhein II by Andreas Gursky

Daido Moriyama

Daido Moriyama is a Japanese photographer noted for his images depicting the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan. Born October 10, 1938 in Ikeda, Osaka. Daido Moriyama studied photography under Takeji Iwamiya before moving to Tokyo in 1961 to work as an assistant of Eikoh Hosoe. He produced a collection of photographs, Nippon gekijō shashinchō, which showed the darker sides of urban life and the less-seen parts of cities. In them, he attempted to show how life in certain areas was being left behind the other industrialised parts. Though not exclusively, Moriyama predominantly takes high contrast, grainy, black and white photographs within the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, often shot from odd angles.  (more…)