147 - Moriyama Daido TOKYO 1992. Signed and numbered / Limited edition of 350 / Silkscreen print on canvas

Moriyama Daido TOKYO 1992. Signed and numbered / Limited edition of 350 / Silkscreen print on canvas In 1992—31 years ago now—I was in my mid-50s. It was around the time I closed the private gallery I had been running on Miyamasuzaka in Shibuya and moved to a space near the Yotsuya 4-chome intersection. During the years I had my gallery in Shibuya, there were, of course, many people visiting the place, so I couldn’t just lock the door and go out whenever I wanted. Until, at some point—though it was a consequence of my own actions—it became too much, and my impatience got the better of me. All I wanted to do was “go out and take photos!” I didn’t care what or how I shot, as long as I could dash out into the street and snap away with my camera. That was all. Since I had photographed every nook and cranny of my new Yotsuya neighborhood in no time, I basically had only the Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Ikebukuro areas left to explore. I spent the time that followed wandering through the city’s labyrinths, like a starving dog, like a fish searching for water. "TOKYO 1992" contains images produced under the circumstances described above. This means that, as books showcasing the fruits of my somewhat uncontrollable urge at the time, “Daido hysteric no.4,” created in 1993, and “TOKYO 1992,” created in 2023, are separated by a rather long period of time. The countless streets and alleys where this starving dog once roamed have changed a great deal over time. But in fact, there is a certain atmosphere—a sense of longing—to those streets, along with a play of light and shadow, that never changes much. And the old dog, though he’s become shaky, is still roaming the streets with a camera in his hand. “Taking photos” is such a cool thing after all! – from the afterword by Daido Moriyama Book Size: 217 x 303 mm Pages: 78 Softcover Publication Date: February 28, 2023 Publisher: Akio Nagasawa Publishing