Daido Moriyama will be presented with the Cultural Award of the German Society for Photography (DGPH) on November 1. 

The presentation will take place in the Komedsaal, Media Park 7, Cologne, at 11:00 a.m.
Laudatio: Ferdinand Brueggemann; Lecture on Daido Moriyama: Masafumi Fukagawa, Kawasaki City Museum
http://www.dgph.de/dgph/preise/kulturpreis2004_e.html

Daido Moriyama born in 1938 in Osaka is one of the most important Japanese photographers since 1945. His work plays a central role in establishing Japanese photography as one of the most creative directions in the history of photography. During the “Provoke Era” at the end of the 1960s/beginning of the 1970s Moriyama made a significant contribution to the development of photography and his influence on younger Japanese artists continues up until today.
http://www.moriyamadaido.com

by Kamui