Eros or something other than Eros by Daido Moriyama Explore Mondoir Collection Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Dimensions: 25 x 20 cm Edition production year: 2014 Price on request Status: available Why collect this work?An extreme diagonal crop turns facial proximity into uncertain access: the mouth is exposed while the eye is blocked, complicating the title’s suggestion of erotic looking. Moriyama withholds a complete portrait rather than presenting an identifiable sitter. That choice makes looking itself, including its desire and intrusion, the work’s central subject.In the supplied photograph, the nose, parted lips and teeth dominate the frame, while a dark horizontal band obscures the eye. Intimacy is suggested through closeness, yet reciprocal contact is denied.The documented gelatin silver print permits strong tonal separation. Here, dense blacks, pale highlights and visible grain reduce facial features to abrupt shapes without entirely dissolving their bodily specificity.Dated 2014 and measuring 25 by 20 cm, this compact print can sharpen comparisons with portraits that depend on eye contact. It asks whether proximity produces knowledge of another person or merely intensifies projection. About the ArtistDaido Moriyama Daido Moriyama is an artist featured in the Mondoir Collection. Nationality: Japanese Japanese photographer known for gritty urban imagery.
