STRAY DOG

By Daido Moriyama
Published by D.A.P. / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | 1999
Hardcover | 160 pages | 9.75 x 0.75 x 10.5 in
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Excellent copy

A landmark monograph by one of the most influential figures in Japanese photography, Stray Dog captures Daido Moriyama’s stark, hallucinatory vision of postwar urban life. Published on the occasion of his first major U.S. retrospective at SFMOMA, this volume assembles some of his most iconic images, including the titular stray dog an emblem of his aesthetic of isolation, movement, and rebellion.

Known for his grainy, high-contrast black and white style, Moriyama documents the raw texture of cities in flux. His work blurs the line between realism and abstraction, intimacy and anonymity, creating a visual language steeped in restlessness and poetic grit.

This first edition stands as a foundational piece for collectors and photography aficionados  a visceral, cinematic journey through the fractured realities of 20th century Japan. A book that doesn’t just depict the world, but haunts it.