RECORD NO.23
eBook
Published on
June 30, 2013
ebook Published on
July 24, 2013
The “WILLIAM KLEIN + DAIDO MORIYAMA” exhibition that was held in October last year at London’s Tate Modern on the River Thames was a very special event and one lucky occasion in the fifty-odd years of my photographing life.
That’s because my encounter with William Klein’s book “NEW YORK” back when I was 22 and still loitering around at the doorstep to the world of photography was a truly defining moment.
Our exhibition opened on October 10, which happens to be my birthday. That night, a friend from Paris had set up a birthday dinner for me in a restaurant in Waterloo. When Mr. Klein, holding a glass in his large hand, shouted “congratulations”, that caused in me a sort of impression I can hardly describe. I had a fabulous time, somehow feeling lucky to have met William Klein, and at the same time, feeling glad about having carried on with my own photographic work.
-DAIDO MORIYAMA
Akio Nagasawa Publishing, Moriyama Daido Photo Foundation
