Record 44

As with practically everything else in 2020, the publication of this instalment of ‘Record’ was delayed by the global pandemic. And as people were being told to stay inside and “telework” became the buzzword in many countries, it occurred to Daido Moriyama that what he does for a living would probably have to be called “footwork”. So he grabbed his camera and a face mask and went out into the streets. Naturally, there was only a scattering of people about, and most shops were shuttered, so it felt to him sort of like walking through open movie sets. This volume, however, contains a selection of other pictures taken shortly before and up to the time when the coronavirus hit.