Daido Moriyama is one of the most influential Japanese photographers of his generation. His major exhibition at Tate Modern in 2013 partnered his prints with those of William Klein and was a critical success, bringing his work to a wider audience. Moriyama's work has also been exhibited in some of the world's great museums such as MOMA, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, SFMoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fondation Cartier, Paris, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Museum Folkwang, Essen, and…

To celebrate the gallery's 20 years, Michael Hoppen unveils the treasures of his extraordinary private photography collection in the gallery's largest public exhibition to date. Presented over three floors, Finders Keepers brings to light 130 photographic gems, handpicked for their fascinating narrative, masterful technique and historical relevance, ranging from anonymous 19th century pictures to iconic post-war snapshots. Finders Keepers offers a unique journe…

Daido MoriyamaTights + Lips7 September – 20 October 2012Michael Hoppen Contemporary is delighted to present an exhibition of new work by one of the giant’s of Japanese photography, Daido Moriyama. This latest group of pictures entitled “Tights” is the development of his famous earlier series “How to Create a Beautiful Picture 6: Tights in Shimotakaido” of 1987, a small selection of images depicting close-up shots of legs in fis…

SHOMEI TOMATSU & DAIDO MORIYAMA The work of Daido Moryiama and Shomei Tomatsu, the two giants of the Japanese post-war movement presented side by side for the first time in the UK, will be unveiled at the Michael Hoppen Gallery on 9 September. While their photographs differ in style, sentiment is common to both. They address love, anguish and anger with equal power, passion and subtlety. Despite being relatively unknown outside his home country, seventy-seven year old Shomei Tomatsu

Book Eyes of an Island - Japanese Photography 1945-2007 Guiding Light publications and Studio Equis will be producing a limited edition (1000 copies) 100 page hardback book to accompany the exhibition. All prints in the exhibition will be available for sale. Introduction by Marc Feustel. By Guiding Light Publicati…