Kiroku / Record vol.1 - vol.5 (First edition)

Daido Moriyama
Kiroku / Record vol.1 - vol.5 (First edition)

Photographs: Daido Moriyama

Publisher: Self published

Year: 1972-73

Comments: Stapled softcover. Vol.1 : 208 x 296 mm, 16 pages, signed by Moriyama. Vol.2 : 208 x 296 mm, 12 pages. Vol.3 : 208 x 296 mm, 12 pages. Vol.4 : 208 x 296 mm, 12 pages. Vol.5 : 190 x 260 mm, 20 pages. Limited edition of 300 copies each. Some wears on covers, small scratches on the back cover of issus 2.

Between June 1972 and July 1973 Moriyama produced his own magazine publication, Kiroku, which was then referred to as Record. It became a diaristic journal of his work as it developed. These are the original first five issues, published between 1972 and 1973, before Moriyama took an over twenty year break from the project.

From the artist: "It was 34 years ago, back in 1972, that I came out with the self-published photo journal 'Kiroku.' At the time, I was busy with all sorts of work for magazines. Partly because of a daily feeling inside that I shouldn't let myself get carried away by it all, I came up with the idea of a small, self-published personal photo journal. Without any ties to work or any fixed topic, I just wanted to continue publishing a 16-page booklet with an arbitrary selection of favorite photos among the pictures I snapped from day to day. By nature, it was directed first and foremost to myself rather than other people. I wanted a simple, basic title, so I called it 'Kiroku' (record)."