Nobuyoshi Araki è un fotografo giapponese e artista contemporaneo, rinomato per la sua prolifica e spesso provocatoria produzione artistica. Il suo lavoro, che abbraccia centinaia di libri pubblicati, è caratterizzato da una cruda onestà, esplorando temi come l'erotismo, la morte e la vita quotidiana con un'intensità visiva senza compromessi. Lo stile distintivo di Araki cattura il corpo e la sua relazione con il mondo circostante, enfatizzando frequentemente l'intimità e la vulnerabilità. La sua influenza si estende oltre la fotografia, ispirando artisti di vari mezzi e lasciando un segno indelebile nell'arte contemporanea.
"Nobuyoshi Araki distills decades' worth of images down ot 512 pages in this ultimate retrospective of his career. This intimate collection delves deep into his best-known imagery: Tokyo street scenes; faces and foods; colorful, sensual flowers; female genitalia; and the Japanese art of bondage"--Book flap
This is a collection of Bondage art photographs by Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.
Here you will find over 400 Polaroids by Andy Warhol of street hustlers and call boys engaging in sexual acts and posing as drag queens. The pictures inspired paintings known as the Torso Series but, as Bob Colacello recounts, were known around the office as the Cocks, Cunts, and Assholes Series.
Exploring profound themes of life and death, this project showcases a poignant series that reflects on the loss of the photographer's uncle and step-father. It intertwines intimate images of his mother and Bavarian homeland with symbolic representations of fertility and vitality captured during a trip to Bhutan with his partner. The book emerges from a collaborative exhibition, offering a deeply personal narrative that connects personal grief with broader themes of existence and renewal.
Nobuyoshi Araki in seinem Jagdrevier - UNZENSIERT. Japans schärfster kultureller Exportartikel ist gleichzeitig Nippons größter Fotograf: Nobuyoshi Araki. Die Karriere des nicht nur von mandeläugigen Lolitas als Pop-Ikone verehrten „Mister Bondage“ begann vor 40 Jahren mit der Veröffentlichung erotischer Bilder in Porno-Magazinen. Zwischen 1983 und 1985, als Tokios Sexindustrie in voller Blüte stand, durchstreifte Araki das Shinjuku-Viertel, den berühmten Rotlichtbezirk seiner Heimatstadt. Von Sammelwut und seiner Libido getrieben fotografierte er in den zahllosen Sexshops und Clubs - so lange bis sein Projekt 1985 ein abruptes Ende fand. Shinjuku wurde durch richterlichen Beschluss geschlossen, Ausstellungen mit Bildern des Künstlers wurden in Japan mehrfach untersagt und Magazine, die seine Bilder veröffentlichten, wurden eingestampft.
" There is nothing more interesting than women, and nothing more exciting." -Nobuyoshi ArakiAraki by Araki is a record of the career of Nobuyoshi Araki, self-styled "photomaniac" and permanent enfant terrible of the Japanese art world. Published to mark the artist's sixty-third birthday on May 25, 2003, this volume features 2002 photographs covering his entire career from 1963 to 2002.Sex-trade voyeur, recorder of Tokyo cityscapes, chronicler of married life, or experimental photo artist - no matter what your image of Araki, this collection will reveal new aspects of his talent, as it traces his unique vision over forty prolific years.All the pictures were selected by Araki himself (who also provides an original commentary), making Araki by Araki not only a comprehensive but highly personal overview of the artist's work to date. High quality color and duotone black and white printing ensure the highest standard of reproductionthroughout.
Reprint of Araki's personal photographic essay dedicated to his cat, Chiro. Consisting of some 100 black and white photographs, the study presents Chiro in a variety of different moods and situations. Includes a single colour postcard inserted in the back of the book.
"This new abridged edition of the highly acclaimed Self Life Death provides an overview of Nobuyoshi Araki's (b.1940) prolific forty year career, featuring his finest and most iconic images in a new, expanded format. Arguably Japan's greatest living photographer - and certainly its most controversial - Araki consistently challenges artistic and social conventions in postwar Japan. The book examines Araki's work from a wide variety of viewpoints: Japanese and European; female and male, including all his major works, such as Sentimental Journey (1971), Tokyo Story (1989) and Erotos (1993). Araki's writings, widely admired and published in Japan, which were translated into English for the first time for Self Life Death, are also included. At this affordable and accessible format, a new audience of photography students and enthusiasts will be able to own a book on this influential photographer."--Publisher's description
