Daido Moriyama
Record 32
 
From the Editor
In his twenties Daido Moriyama spent a short period wandering the streets of Kobe. Particularly drawn to the harbour, he delighted in watching countless ships being loaded, walking around the foreign settlements in Yamate and Kitanocho, or helping to print souvenir pictures at a small photo shop. For an exhibition of his work at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in 2016, Moriyama was asked to dedicate a section to his Kobe photos. Discovering he had surprisingly few, considering his affection for the city, he decided to take more. Traveling back in time to chase that romantic dream of his youth, he discovered a completely different place, but one nevertheless just as thrilling.