This exceptional volume is, in NobuyoshiAraki’s own words, “an epitaph for my first 60 years.” From women bound in the bondage art of kinbaku-bi tosensual shots of flowers, Araki pares down decades’worth of images to some 1‚000 exemplary photographs, the ultimate personal retrospective to his prolific, controversial oeuvre to date.
Limited Collector’s Edition of 2,500copies, each numbered and signed by Nobuyoshi Araki.
This copy is a rare sample used by Taschen for internal communication and international stores. It’s extremely hard to find. It’s copy numbered #0000 and was signed by the artist himself in Paris in 2005. The book comes without its case and shows wear but all the pages are present (look at the pictures). The book has been used,the binding is damaged and there is slight dirt on the cover but it’s still in great condition for such a rare object.
Hardcover 13.6 x 19.7 in., 636 pages
Taschen presentation :
The first title in our new TASCHEN limited series is Araki, an enormous and unique book with a print run of only 2,500 copies. The subject is Japanese photographer Araki, a man who talks about life through photographs. His powerful oeuvre, decades’ worth of images, has been pared down to about 1,000photographs which tell the story of Araki and comprise the ultimate retrospective collection of his work.
Known best for his intimate, snapshot-style images of women often tied up with ropes (kinbaku, or Japaneserope-tying art) and of colorful, sensual flowers, Araki is an artist who reacts strongly to his emotions and uses photography to experience them more fully.Obsessed with women, Araki seeks to come closer to them through photography,using ropes like an embrace and the click of the shutter like a kiss. His workis at once shocking and mysteriously tender; a deeply personal artist, Araki is not afraid of his emotions nor of showing them to the world.
Nobuyoshi Arakiwas born in Tokyo in 1940. Given a camera by his father atthe ripe age of twelve, Araki has been taking pictures ever since. He studiedphotography and film at Chiba University and went into commercial photographysoon after graduating. In 1970 he created his famous Xeroxed Photo Albums, which he producedin limited editions and sent to friends, art critics, and people selected randomly from the telephone book. Over the years, his bold, unabashed photographs of his private life have been the object of a great deal of controversy and censorship (especially in his native Japan), a fact that has not fazed the artist nor diminished his influence. To date, Araki has published over 400 books of his work.
Edition of 2,500
ISBN978-3-8228-1292-1
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German