"For almost two years, outside of a few very rare assignments, I almost never carried a camera-but lately I've begun to put my heart back into the effort. I now take my camera with me every day, and have started again to make photographs incessantly. Just as I used to do, I now photograph everything, as if possessed. But, disliking photographs as static, strictly decorative visual art pieces, and being distrustful of the fanatical emphasis on realism in photojournalism, I am now striving to go beyond established styles and widen the boundaries of photographic expression. Unlike in the past, however, when my zeal was informed by rote repetition, an almost overbearingly methodical approach, my photographs now contain a certain decisiveness. Of course, the word "decisive" may sound overbearing in itself, but it's actually an extremely simple concept. It just means that I have no choice but to photograph within the context of this life, rather than searching for a hidden ideal beyond it"
— Daido Moriyama, “The Decision to Shoot,” from, Writings by Japanese Photographers