Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki is the most successful and renowned Japanese photographer of his generation, and his idiosyncratic blending of the erotic and the everyday has influenced much contemporary imagery. This limited, two-volume edition of his work consists of photos taken during a winter of 1997 visit to Vienna. While in that city to exhibit his works (at the commemoration of the Vienna secession), Araki took the series of pictures that are here shown for the first time.
Synopsis
Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably Japan's greatest living photographer, and certainly its most controversial. The more than 300 books he has published over the last four decades attest 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 new abridged edition of Phaidon's highly acclaimed Self, Life, Death, includes the finest and most iconic images from throughout Araki's career, all presented in a beautiful, expanded format that allows the pictures room to breathe. This accessible and affordable format will bring a new audience of students and photography enthusiasts to the work of this influential photographer.