In 1988 and 1989, without speaking a word of French or know anyone except a fellow fellow countrywoman, the photographer lived in Paris with the project a bit crazy to start a gallery apartmen Above all, the trip was the opportunity to live this dream from when his was a teenager and navigate the world of Eugène Atget he had discovered a few years later.

Paris 88/89 contains 21 of the Moriyama’s Paris photographs accompanied by the translation of his memoiries chapter dedicated to Paris as well as an unpublished interview with Jean-Kenta Gauthier.