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DAIDO MORIYAMA "RECORD | No.26" e-Book Version
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Plexus Co.,Ltd and euphonic,inc. is proudly announcing the release of the e-Book version of Daido Moriyama'slegendary series "RECORD : No.26" on November 4, 2014. Most of the photographs featured in this 26th volumeof "Record" were taken in the streets of Ikebukuro and adjacent areas.

■DAIDO MORIYAMARECORD | No.26 e-Book Version"Loveable Ikebukuro, redoutable Ikebukuro"

DAIDO MORIYAMA (Experts from the original text of Record No.26)

Daido Moriyama's primal subject was in Shinjuku, but then he accidentally struck into a street
snapshot the he took at Ikebukuro while he was walking around the city, ignited the passion toshoot more of this town … .starting at West Ikebukuro where he was living for the past 10 years.
The scent of the streets of Shinjuku and Ikebukuro are not the same, even in a smilar Terminal
Station which locates at the center of both. The heatwave and the impact steaming up from thepeople residing deep inside the town. This is Daido Moriyama's Ikebukuro Street Vision that hespent 1 year to accomplish.

What is DAIDO MORIYAMA's "RECORD"?
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 andforemost to myself rather than other people. I wanted a simple, basic title, so I called it 'Kiroku' (record).
However, the publication of 'Kiroku' sadly ended with issue number ﬁve. Now, thanks to the willpower andefforts of Akio Nagasawa, 'Kiroku' the magazine has resumed publication. Or rather, we should call it a freshpublication. With the hope that it will continue this time, I am selﬁshly thinking of asking Mr. Nagasawa topublish 'Kiroku' at a pace of four issues per year. I happily accept his proposal and look forward now toembarking on a new 'voyage of recording.'"- Daido Moriyama
e-Book version of "Record series" was originally released in June, 2013 domestic in Japan, and it has beenreleased worldwide in September, 2014 from Apple iBookstore and Kindle Store. e-Book version of "RecordSeries" will continue.
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Who is DAIDO MORIYAMA?
Daidō Moriyama (Moriyama Daidō, born October 10, 1938) is a Japanese photographer noted for his images
depicting the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan.
Born in Ikeda, Osaka, Daidō Moriyama studied photography under Takeji Iwamiya before moving to Tokyo in
1961 to work as an assistant to Eikoh Hosoe. He produced a collection of photographs, on "Nippon gekijō
shashinchō" Though not exclusively, Moriyama predominantly takes high contrast, grainy, black and whitephotographs within the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, often shot from odd angles. Moriyama's photography hasbeen inﬂuenced by Seiryū Inoue, Shōmei Tōmatsu, William Klein, Andy Warhol, Eikoh Hosoe, the Japanesewriter Yukio Mishima, the dramatist Shūji Terayama, and Jack Kerouac's "On the Road". Plexus Co.,Ltd.(Tokyo,Japan) proudly presents Daido Moriyama's lifework series "RECORD" in e-Book for the ﬁrst time distributing inworldwide scale.
Supported by : Akio Nagasawa Publishing and Daido Moriyama Photo Foundation■RECORD e-Book vers.
DAIDO MORIYAMA's "RECORD" e-Book version released worldwide
・RECORD Vol.1 - Vol.5 REPRINTED EDITION e-Book vers.
・RECORD Vol.6 to Vol.22 e-Book vers.
・RECORD Vol.23 to Vol.26 e-Book vers.

US$45
US$19 each
US$26 each

Released from Amazon Kindle Store/Apple iBookstore worldwide.
*Price Varies in each region.
All the detailed informations about Daido Moriyama's "RECORD" content and distribution is published atPlexus Website.

■ DAIDO MORIYAMA Products by PLEXUS
・RECORD|Movie in LONDONDVDNow on Sale
A Visual record of Daido Moriyama's"RECORD"... time in London in theautumn of 2012 while his landmark
show with William Klein was on at theTate Modern.
Relesased from PLEXUS website
and Amazon
3,780 Yen

・LABYRINTH Complete Edition e-BookAutumn, 2014
"LABYRINTH" Complete Edition will also
be released from PLEXUS in Autumn,
2014.

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