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Creators: Nobuyoshi Araki (Illustrated by)

Publisher: TASCHEN
ISBN: 9783836582520
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512 pages
On Sale Date: 10/6/2020
Dimensions: 8.9 in H | 6.4 in W | 1.7 in T | 2.9 lb Wt

Nobuyoshi Araki compiles decades worth of images in this ultimate retrospective of his career. First published as a Limited Edition and now in a new, compact format, this collection delves deep into Arakis best-known imagery: Tokyo street scenes; faces and foods; sensual flowers; female genitalia; and the Japanese art of bondage.
Decades worth of images have been distilled down to 512 pages of photographs in this ultimate retrospective collection of Nobuyoshi Araki's work, selected by the artist himself.

First published as a Limited Edition and now back in a new format to celebrate TASCHENs 40th anniversary, the curation delves deep into Arakis best-known imagery: Tokyo street scenes; faces and foods; colorful, sensual flowers; female genitalia; and the Japanese art of kinbaku, or bondage. As girls lay bound but defiant and glistening petals assume suggestive shapes, Araki plays constantly with patterns of subjugation and emancipation, death and desire and with the slippage between serene image and shock.

Describing his bondage photographs as a collaboration between the subject and the photographer, Araki seeks to come closer to his female subjects through photography, emphasizing the role of spoken conversation between himself and the model. In his native Japan, he has attained cult status for many women who feel liberated by his readiness to photograph the expression of their desire.

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