His art has been heavily influenced by the rapid growth of commercialism and urbanization in Japan, which started in the decades following the end of World War Two. Many of his images also provide visual references to Japanese history and traditions. Street scenes, flowers, bondages, food, faces and Araki’s cat feature in much of his art, and the female body in Japanese bondage, representing sex and death, is a major theme in his work.
« Photography is about a single point of a moment. It’s like stopping time. But if you keep creating these points, they form a line which reflects your life. »
Nobuyoshi Araki
More recently he has photographed female musicians such as Bjork and Lady Gaga. Nobuyoshi Araki has published many books of photogra
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His art has been heavily influenced by the rapid growth of commercialism and urbanization in Japan, which started in the decades following the end of World War Two. Many of his images also provide visual references to Japanese history and traditions. Street scenes, flowers, bondages, food, faces and Araki’s cat feature in much of his art, and the female body in Japanese bondage, representing sex and death, is a major theme in his work.
« Photography is about a single point of a moment. It’s like stopping time. But if you keep creating these points, they form a line which reflects your life. »
Nobuyoshi Araki
More recently he has photographed female musicians such as Bjork and Lady Gaga. Nobuyoshi Araki has published many books of photography documenting his everyday life. He photographed his wife on their honeymoon and continued to use her image during their married life. Two of his published collections, Sentimental Journey (1971) and Winter Journey (1991), show images of his wife at the start of their marriage and in the final days before her death. Many of Araki’s photographs (Polaroids especially ) have been exhibited internationally in solo exhibitions and at
contemporary art shows. His work is now included in major collections of modern photography and in permanent displays at a number of
contemporary art museums. (
Artist website)
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