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Araki. 45th Ed.
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Nobuyoshi Araki raccoglie decenni di immagini in questa eccezionale analisi della sua carriera. Pubblicata per la prima volta in edizione limitata e ora in un nuovo formato compatto, questa raccolta approfondisce le immagini più famose di Araki: le scene di strada di Tokyo, i volti e i cibi, i fiori seducenti, i genitali femminili e l'arte giapponese del bondage.
Copertina rigida, 6.1 x 8.5 in., 2.51 lb, 512 pagine
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Araki. 45th Ed.
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The ultimate collection
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 TASCHEN’s 40th anniversary, the curation delves deep into Araki’s 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.
First published as a Limited Edition and now back in a new format to celebrate TASCHEN’s 40th anniversary, the curation delves deep into Araki’s 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.
L'artista
Nobuyoshi Araki was born in Tokyo in 1940. Given a camera by his father at the ripe age of twelve, Araki has been taking pictures ever since. He studied photography and film at Chiba University and went into commercial photography soon after graduating. In 1970 he created his famous Xeroxed Photo Albums, which he produced in 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.
Araki. 45th Ed.
Copertina rigida, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.14 kg, 512 pagineISBN 978-3-8365-8252-0
Edizione: Multilingue (Francese, Inglese, Tedesco)Scarica qui le immagini del prodotto
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16 febbraio 2024
Been wanting this book forever! I love it!Araki, in one book.
6 novembre 2021
Araki, in un libro.Depaysant
29 ottobre 2021
Un bon résumé du maitre de la photographie japonaise.Exquisite Photography
29 ottobre 2021
This book has some magnificent B&W photography of daily life and a very interesting look at the culture in Japan.Great value
27 ottobre 2021
Such a good value. Great pictures of ‘crazy’ Araki-san in a very handy high quality book format.Eye Catching Beauty
27 ottobre 2021
I have followed a lot of Araki's work and the 40th anniversary edition is a real birds eye view of his culture, mind and perspective on the beauty of women. The introduction to the book is a great way to see through the eyes of the man behind the camera. Great!