Record No.54

First edition first printing of Record No.54 by Daido Moriyama.(2023)

First impression

Large format softcover in new condition

Signed by Moriyama to title page

Pages clean, binding firm

Language: English, Japanese

About

This is the 54th issue of Daido Moriyama’s ongoing “Record” series. Following the original five-issue run in 1972, Moriyama relaunched the zine-in-spirit photobook series in 2006 as a regular outlet for his photography.

For number 54, Moriyama photographed in locations in and around Tokyo, including snapshots of street scenes, passersby and tourists, desolate-looking buildings that act either as subject or background, metal structures and glimpses of the local nightlife – but also several personal images such as a photo of a photo of Masahisa Fukase or of a pinboard with mementos.