Nobuyoshi Araki: Self, Life, Death

by Akiko Miki, Yoshiko Isshiki, Tomoko Sato

Nobuyoshi Araki is one of Japan's greatest living photographers, and certainly its most controversial. Over the last forty years he has published more than 250 books, which bear testimony to his inexhaustible creative energy, while his work, which often challenges social taboos surrounding sex and death, has drawn critical attention both at home and abroad.
This major publication provides the most comprehensive overview yet of Araki's highly prolific forty-year career. Araki's key series of works are included alongside many new and previously unpublished photographs. Featuring an interview and essays by writers from Japan and Europe, this book examines Araki from a broad range of perspectives and gives a cultural context to his work. Also included is a wide selection of Araki's writings, translated into English for the first time, as well as an illustrated and annotated bibliography of his own books.

Genres: Japan, Art, Photography

720 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's no doubt that Araki is talented.

But read the description on Goodread's home page for this book. Pretty much sums it up.

Not my cup of tea - too much lewdness. But there are redeeming photos.

[Zioluc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Di Araki si ricordano di solito le fotografie erotiche, ma la sua attitudine verso la fotografia è compulsiva e la sua produzione variegata e immensa. Questo libro di 700 pagine (che riportano ciascuna da 1 a 20 fotografie) è un estratto piuttosto esauriente del suo lavoro fino al 2007.
Le foto a sfondo erotico assommano in effetti attorno al 50% del totale, ma sia queste che le altre spesso sorprendono per la varietà di approccio e lo humour.

[Pyqos]

une splendide monographie