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RECORD No.55
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2023
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132
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$ 25
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Daido Moriyama presents issue number 55 of his ongoing “Record” series. Originally started in 1972, Moriyama relaunched the project in 2006 and has been regularly publishing his photography in zine-like photobooks. This 55th issue, published in October 2023, features photographs taken mostly in the area around his home of Zushi, Yokosuka, Kamakura and Yokohama. Snapshots of people—either individuals or in groups—taken on the streets alternate with photographs of posters, textures and patterns formed by objects such as gutter covers, close-up shots of animals, and photographs of spaces—rooms, city corners, back alleys.
"Even now that it’s the end of August, it’s still quite hot outside.
Meanwhile, I continue to grab my little camera and walk out into the streets every day to take some snapshots. It’s never more than three, four hours these days, but I just don’t feel well if I don’t get this daily work done. After all, this is what a photographer does...
About once a week, I go to my office in Yoyogi to take care of some business or other, on all other days I usually take the Yokosuka Line or a bus from the nearest station, get off at some point, and then just walk around while mixing with the crowd and taking pictures. On some days it may be 60 or 70, on others no more than 20 – always only so much that I feel satisfied.
With that being said, I can’t deny a certain feeling that the images of the Shinjuku cityscape are gradually fading from my mind. And in my case, this means something’s wrong. Yokosuka, Kamakura and Totsuka are just around the corner now, and they’re all crowded with people. What more could I ask for? However at the end of the day, what remains is me and my desire to “return to Shinjuku.” Indeed, I need to be there and stand on a corner in Kabukicho with my camera, at least once a week. Piece of cake you might say. I could just make a quick trip and it’s all good.
As soon as it gets a little bit cooler in the fall, I’m definitely going to dive into the hustle and bustle of Shinjuku again, and shoot to my heart’s content. Then I will also make the first issue of Record in a while that will be all about Shinjuku.
How’s that sound, Mr. Nagasawa?"
- Daido MORIYAMA
