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Araki By Araki

by Nobuyoshi (pht) Araki

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Born during the Second World War, Nobuyoshi Araki has become Japan's best-known living photographer and its most controversial cultural export. While Araki's reputation is founded on a lifelong interest in the frankly sexual, a serious look at the work spanning his entire career reveals just how deep and varied his work is--memorable pictures of animate and inanimate objects, lonely black-and-white images from the streets of Tokyo, in daylight and at night, unapologetically sentimental landscapes and still-life portraits, and a stunning sequence on his own wife as she lay dying. Araki by Araki is the personal statement of this controversial photographer. Containing two thousand photographs in duotone and color, the book is arranged in chronological order, going back to Araki's beginning as a schoolboy photographer and ending with selections from his most recent work. Araki by Araki thus forms an important narrative of this provocative artist's entire professional and personal life.

Synopsis:

" There is nothing more interesting than women, and nothing more exciting." -Nobuyoshi Araki

Araki 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 reproduction throughout.

About the Author

Born in Minowa, Tokyo, in 1940, NOBUYOSHI ARAKI is known worldwide as a photographer of genius. Reviewing his work of the last forty years while choosing the pictures for this book, he came to the conclusion that "photomaniac" would be a more accurate description. Araki continues to live in Tokyo and take photographs obsessively.

Product Details

ISBN:
9784770029386
Author:
Araki, Nobuyoshi
Publisher:
Kodansha International
Photographer:
Araki, Nobuyoshi
Author:
Araki, Nobuyoshi
Author:
null, Nobuyoshi
Location:
Kyoto, Japan
Subject:
Individual Photographer
Subject:
Art
Subject:
Photography, Artistic
Subject:
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions
Subject:
Photography of the nude
Subject:
Photoessays & Documentaries
Subject:
architecture; photography
Subject:
Art and Architecture | Photography
Subject:
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General
Subject:
Individual Photographers - General
Subject:
Art, Architecture & Photography
Subject:
Photography-Anthologies and History
Edition Number:
2
Series Volume:
I
Publication Date:
20030931
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
32 color illus.
Pages:
412
Dimensions:
8.7 x 11.1 x 1.2 in 3.963 lb

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Product details 412 pages Kodansha International (JPN) - English 9784770029386 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , " There is nothing more interesting than women, and nothing more exciting." -Nobuyoshi Araki

Araki 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 reproduction throughout.

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