A NYC RESOURCE: THE IMPACT OF THE DAIDO MORIYAMA PHOTOBOOK COLLECTION ON ICP

In November 2011, Daido Moriyama came to New York for a series of events: a talk at Japan Society with International Center of Photography Curator Christopher Phillips, and Printing Show –TKY, a photobook performance event organized by Ivan Vartanian at the Aperture Foundation. During that time, a plan was hatched for a Daido Moriyama photobook collection at the ICP Library. Christopher Phillips, Deirdre Donohue of the ICP Library and Ivan Vartanian were the main masterminds behind its inception. Over the course of the next six months, books were amassed with the help of the Daido Moriyama Foundation and Akio Nagasawa. In May 2012, Moriyama returned to New York to receive the International Center of Photography Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement. There were several other Moriyama events that also occurred: A book signing for a limited edition publication called Color and the first ever Daido Moriyama Pop-Up Library at the ICP Library. New York City was “Moriyama-crazy.”

The Pop-Up Library, held on May 1, 2012, was the beginning of what is now known at the Daido Moriyama Photobook Collection at the ICP Library. Over 40 Moriyama photobooks were donated to the library that evening. ICP is fortunate to have this incredible resource within its community – its importance very much tied to its role within a diverse community of photographers, students, teachers, curators, collectors, patrons and researchers. In late October 2013, Matthew Carson and I were invited to the Fotobook Festival in Kassel, Germany to discuss the collection’s impact on the ICP community (and beyond). We determined that the best way to share its value as an influence, teaching tool and research resource was to interview several of those in the ICP community who were involved in the collection’s inception, as well as those who encounter the books through their visits to the ICP Library. Below is an edited version of several of the video interviews from our lecture, “A New York City Resource: Moriyama at the ICP Library.”
(Videography by: Elizabeth Sales and Mathieu Asselin.)

The collection’s impact on the ICP community

Stephanie Shuman Librarian Deirdre Donohue speaks about the impact of the Moriyama collection on the ICP community.

Connecting ICP to collectors

The collection has also been a catalyst for the library’s connection to patrons and collectors. David Solo, who as a member of the Friends of the Library Committee has been instrumental in supporting the ICP Library’s interest in Asian photography, shares his impressions of Moriyama’s influence as a bookmaker.

Some favorite Moriyama photobooks in the ICP collection

We also asked those we interviewed to tell us about their favorite Moriyama photobooks in the collection. Below are comments from several of the students, staff members and library supporters at the ICP on how the books in the Daido Moriyama collection have influenced them. Here, Bill Ellis, a general studies graduate from 2013 talks about his attraction to Moriyama’s Nagisa (2010).

Deirdre Donohue talks about ’71-NY (2002), a book that has resonated with a number of students and faculty members in the ICP community.

Mike Fernandez, a recent photojournalism graduate is an example of a student strongly influenced by ’71-NY (2002).

Dave Solo discusses his favorite: Hikari to Kage / Light and Shadow (1982, Kodansha reprint 2009). The ICP Library doesn’t have the original 1982 edition, but it does have the 2012 Kodansha reprint.

Bye-Bye Photography or Farewell Photography (1972, Powershovel reprint 2006, Kodansha reprint 2012) has left a great impression on many. Christopher Phillips discusses its importance to him as a teacher and a curator.

And finally, Eneida Cardona, an Educational Assistant and artist in the administrative offices at the ICP discusses her attraction to Bye-Bye Photography (Powershovel reprint 2006).

Daidō Moriyama Bibliography
Compiled by Matthew Carson

1968
Nippon gekijō shashinchō  = Japan, a photo theater / [photographs by Daidō Moriyama ; text by Shūji Terayama and Daidō Moriyama].
Tōkyō : Muromachi Shobō, 1968.

1970
First, throw out verisimilitude, Tabata Shoten / (with Michiaki Amano, Takuma Nakahira, Takahiko Okada, Yutaka takanashi and Koji Taki )

1972
Shashin yo sayōnara  = Farewell Photography / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Shashin Hyōron Sha, 1972.

A hunter / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Chūō-kōron-sha, 1972.

Kagero = Mayfly, Haga Shoten Document, privately published magazine (July 1972 – June 1973 Vol.5) / Daidō Moriyama.

1974
New York : Another Country / Daidō Moriyama
[Private Publishing] 1974.

1976
Tōno monogatari  = Tales of Tohno / Moriyama Hiromichi, Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Asahi sonorama,  Shōwa 51, 1976.

1978
Zoku nippon gekijo shashin-chō  = Japan, a photo theater II / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō: Asahi, 1978.
TR654.M67 1978

1982
Hikari to kage = Light & Shadow / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Tōjusha, 1982.

1984
Places in My Memory : Memories of a Dog / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Asahi Shinbunsha, 1984.

1985
A Dialogue with Photography / Daidō Moriyama
Seikyusha, 1985.

1988
A jouney to Nakaji (Nakaji Yasui) / Daidō Moriyama
Yokohama-shi : Sōkyūsha, 1988.

1989
Moriyama Daidō, 1970-1979 / [edited by Ohta Michitaka] Daidō Moriyama
Yokohama : Sohkyu-sha, 1989.

1990
San Rū e no tegami = Lettre à St. Lou / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1990.

1993
Daido hysteric, no. 4, Hysteric Glamour / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Hysteric glamour, 1993.

Color / Daidō Moriyama
Yokohama : Sohkyu-sha, 1993.

1994
Daido hysteric, no. 6, Hysteric Glamour / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Hysteric glamour, 1994.

1995
A Dialogue with Photography (revised version) / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Sei Kyūsha, 1995.

From Photography / Towards Photography / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Sei Kyūsha, 1995.

Imitation / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō  : Taka Ishii Gallery, 1994.

The Times of the Dog / Daidō Moriyama
Sakuhinsha, 1994.

Nippon gekijō shashinchō = Japan, A Photo Theater (revised version) / Moriyama Daidō shashin ; Terayama Shūji bun
Tōkyō :  Shinchōsha, 1995.

1997
[Video] Daidō Moriyama vs. Nobuyoshi Araki
published, QUEST, 1997.

Kariudo = Hunter: For Jack Kerouac (reprinted) / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Taka Ishii Gallery, 1997.

Japanese Photographers Vol.37, Iwanami shoten / Daidō Moriyama

Osaka: Daido hysteric No.8, Hysteric Glamour / Daidō Moriyama

1998
Fragments : representation of Moriyama Daido, 1964-1998 / [text, Sawaragi Noi] Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Synergy, Inc., 1998.

1999
Daidō Moriyama: stray dog / Sandra S. Phillips, Alexandra Munroe, Daidō Moriyama
San Francisco, Calif. : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1999.
TR647.M67 1999

Color 2 / Daidō Moriyama
Yokohama : Sokyu-sha, 1999.

Dream of the water / Daidō Moriyama
Yokohama : Sokyu-sha, 1999.

Kukutaru = Passage / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Waizushuppan, 1999.
TR659.8.J3  M67 1999

Visions of Japan: PARIS
Korinsha Press, 1999.

Mizu no yume = Memories / Daidō Moriyama [henshū Ōta Michitaka]
Tōkyō : Sōkyūsha, 1999.

Daidō Moriyama :  selected works / [Laurence Miller]
New York : 1999.

2000
Kako wa itsumo atarashiku, mirai wa tsune ni natsukashii = The past is always new, the future is always nostalgic / (essays and dialogue with Takuma Nakahira) Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Seikyūsha, 2000.

2001
Places in My Memory (revised version) / Daidō Moriyama
Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2001

Daidō Moriyama 55 / Kazuo Nishii
London ; New York : Phaidon, 2001.
TR140.M67  N57 2001

Memories of a Dog, Final Chapter (revised version) / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō, 2001

The Japanese Box (Facsimile reprint of six rare photographic Publications of the Provoke era)
Paris : Edition 7L/Steidl, 2001.

The Documentary film, Near Equal Daidō Moriyama Image Forum, Shibuya, Tōkyō
(Now DVD ,”Near Equal Daidō Moriyama” is published from B.B.B. co. ltd.).

2002
Transit / Daidō Moriyama ; henshū Motoo Hisako
Tōkyō : Saito media Rabo Kalaushiki Kaisha + Moriyama Daidō Ofisharu Saito, 2002

Shinjuku / Daidō Moriyama
Tucson : Nazraeli press, 2002.
TR654.M67 2002

‘71-NY / Daidō Moriyama
New York : PPP Editions, 2002.
TR647.M67 2002

Platform / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Daiwa Radiator Factory : Taka Ishii Gallery, 2002.

2003
Daidō Moriyama Complete Works vol.1 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Daiwa Radiator Factory : 2003.

Daidō Moriyama / Daidō Moriyama
Paris : Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, distributed by Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2003.

Tōkyō / Daidō Moriyama [text, Marcel Feil]
Amsterdam : Reflex New Art Gallery, 2003.

Hunter of light : Moriyama Daido 1965 – 2003 ; [exhibition Shimane Art Museum] / Daidō Moriyama
Matsue : Shimane Art Museum, 2003.

 2004
Memories of a Dog / Daidō Moriyama
Tucson : Nazraeli press, 2004.

Daidō Moriyama Complete Works Vol.2/Vol.3/Vol.4 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Daiwa Radiator Factory, 2004.

Higan wa meguru : Echigo Tsumari-ban “shinjitsu no Ria-ō” shashin kirokushū = To Nirvana and back : Photo album : Real Lear in Echigo-Tsumari / saku, enshutsu Kurisutian Basutiansu ; shashin  Moriyama Daidō ; kōsei Nakatsuka Daisuke
Tōkyō : Gendai Kikakushitsu ; Amsterdam, Netherlands : Idea Books [distributor], 2004.

Novembre / Daidō Moriyama, Naoki Takizawa  [text by Hideto Akasaka]
Tōkyō : Getsuyosha, 2004.

Route 16 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Aisenshia/Moriyama Daidō Ofisharusaito, 2004.

Daidō Moriyama Remix / [text, Patrick Remy] Daidō Moriyama
Paris : Edition Kamel Mennour, 2004.

2005
Moriyama, Shinjuku, Araki / [chosha Moriyama Daidō, Araki Nobuyoshi ; shashin Moriyama Daidō, Araki Nobuyoshi, Nomura Sakiko]
Tōkyō : Heibonsha, 2005.
TR820.5.J3  M67 2005

Aa kōya / Terayama Shūji ; Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Paruko Entateinmento Jigyōkyoku, 2005.
(to be catalogued)

San Rū e no tegami  = Lettre à St. Loup (revised version) / Moriyama Daidō
Tōkyō : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2005.

Shinjuku, 19XX-20XX / Daidō Moriyama ; [text by Zdenek Felix]
Zürich : Codax Publisher ; Ostfildern : Distributed by Hatje Cantz ; New York : 2005.

Takuno / Daidō Moriyama
Sokyusha, 2005.

Buenos Aires / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 2005.

Aa, Koya / Daidō Moriyama (with Shuji Terayama)
Parco Publishing, 2005

2006
Shashin yo sayonara = Farewell photography (revised version) / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Pawāshoberu, Power Shovel Books, 2006.
TR659.8.J3 M67 2006

Record no.6 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa, 2006.
TR659.8 M679 2006

Shashin to no taiwa, soshite shashin kara shashin e / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Seikyūsha,  2006.

Lectures at noon/at night / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Heibonsha, 2006.

It / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Rat Hole, 2006.

t-82 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Pawāshoberu, Power Shovel Books, 2006.
(to be catalogued)

Inu no kioku shūshō / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 2001 (2006 printing).
(to be catalogued)

Shinjuku Plus / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Getsuyosha, 2006.

2007
Record no.7 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa, 2007.
TR659.8 M679 2007

Hawaii / photographs by Daidō Moriyama
Portland, OR : Nazraeli Press, 2007.
TR820.5.U6 M679 2007

Witness number two / Daidō Moriyama
New York, NY : JGS : [Distributed for the series: Nazraeli Press], 2007.
TR659.8.C6 M67 2007

Record no.8 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa, 2007.
(to be catalogued)

Ōsaka (Ōsaka purasu) / Daidō Moriyama
Chōfu-shi : Getsuyōsha, 2007.
(to be catalogued)

Kyōku = Erotica / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Asahi Shinbunsha, 2007.

Snap / Daidō Moriyama ; Tao / Hajime Sawatari
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2007.
(to be catalogued)

Daidō Moriyama / [fotografías: Daidō Moriyama ; textos: José Lebrero Stals, Daidō Moriyama, Minoru Shimizu]
[Granollers, Barcelona] : Editorial RM ; [Andalucía] : Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Cultura, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, 2007.

Moriyama Daidō to sono jidai / Moriyama Daidō [satsuei] ; Seikyūsha henshū-bu [hen]
Tōkyō : Seikyūsha, 2007.

Tōno monogatari / Moriyama Daidō
Tōkyō : Kōbunsha, 2007.

2008
Kagero and Colors / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Pawāshoberu, Power Shovel Books, 2008.
TR681.W6 M67 2008

Daidō Moriyama: The 80s Vintage Prints, Steve Kasher Gallery NYC 5/8 6/7 2008
New York : Johan Kugelberg and Taylor Brigode for Octopus Ltd. ; 2008.
R TR647.M67 2008

Record no.1-5 (revised) / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2008.
(to be catalogued)

Zoo / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Pawāshoberu, Power Shovel Books, 2008.

Record no.9 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2008.
(to be catalogued)

S’ / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Kodansha Ltd, 2008.

To another country / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Asahi Shinbun Shuppan, Asahi Shimbun Publications inc., 2008.

Record no.10 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2008.
(to be catalogued)

Bye-bye Polaroid / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Taka Ishii Gallery,  2008.

Hokkaido / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Rat Hole Gallery, 2008.

2009
Nanika e no tabi : 1971-1974 / Moriyama Daidō
Chōfu-shi : Getsuyōsha, 2009.
(to be catalogued)

Nippon gekijō : 1965-1970 / Moriyama Daidō
Tōkyō-to Chōfu-shi :  Getsuyōsha, 2009.
(to be catalogued)

Record No.11 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2009.
(to be catalogued)

Light & Shadow / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 2009.
(to be catalogued)

Record No.12 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2009.
(to be catalogued)

Northern / Daidō Moriyama
Toshoshimbun, 2009.

Northern Press / Daidō Moriyama
Sapporo : Miyanomori Art Museum, 2009.

Buenos Aires revised version / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 2009.
(to be catalogued)

Sao Paulo revised version / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 2009.
(to be catalogued)

Japan, A Photo Thereter – Magazine Works / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō-to Chōfu-shi : Getsuyōsha, 2009.

A Journey to something – Magazine Works / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō-to Chōfu-shi : Getsuyōsha, 2009.

Record No.13 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2009.
(to be catalogued)

2010
Nakaji / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 2010.
(to be catalogued)

Record No.14 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2010.
(to be catalogued)

Nagisa / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2010.
(to be catalogued)

Record No.15 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2010.
(to be catalogued)

Record No.16 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2010.
(to be catalogued)

Record No.17 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2010.
(to be catalogued)

The Tropics / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 2010.
(to be catalogued)

Tsugaru / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Taka Ishii Gallery,  2010.

2011
TKY / photographs by Daidō Moriyama
New York : Aperture Foundation, 2011.

Moriyama Hiromichi : on za rōdo = Daidō Moriyama: on the road / [shippitsu Nakanishi Hiroyuki, Sandora S Firippusu, Tsutaya Noriko] Daidō Moriyama
Chōfu-shi : Getsuyōsha, 2011.
(to be catalogued)

Nippon gekijō shashinchō / Daidō Moriyama ;Terayama Shūji
Tōkyō : Kōdansha, 2011.
(to be catalogued)

Tokyo meshed world / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō  : Taka Ishii Gallery, 2011.

Nazraeli Press six by six (Six volumes) : Vol.4. Fishnet / Daidō Moriyama
Portland, Or. : Nazraeli Press, 2012.

Record No.18 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2011.
(to be catalogued)

Record No.19 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2011.
(to be catalogued)

Record No.20 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2011.
(to be catalogued)

2012
Karā / Moriyama Daidō
Getsuyōsha, 2012.

Record No.21 / Daidō Moriyama
Tōkyō : Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2012.
(to be catalogued)