Nobuyoshi Araki – Bildersturm

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Nobuyoshi Araki: Skyscapes (Codax Publisher, 1999)

By: Thomas Schulz 26/03/201922/05/2019

Classic, PhotobookBlack and White, documentary photography, Japanese photographer, landscape photography, Nobuyoshi Araki, Sky, Skyscapes, Street PhotographyLeave a Comment

Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940 in Tokyo) worked in advertising after completing his studies in photography and film at Chiba University in Tokyo, devoting himself exclusively to photography as of the mid-1960s. His oeuvre spans erotic portraits of women, artificial still-lifes, photographs of plants, documentary-style depictions of everyday life, and architectural photography but also very personal, diaristic photographs of himself and his deceased wife Yoko.

Nobuyoshi Araki: Silent Wishes (Bibliothek der Provinz, 2008)

By: Thomas Schulz 03/08/201720/11/2019

Classic, PhotobookBeauty, Black and White, 荒木経惟, Family, Identity, Japanese photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki, Portrait Photography, Sentimental Journey, Yoko My LoveLeave a Comment

Except for a handful of photos from Araki’s Love by Leica series, the book is devoted to loving photos of Nobuyoshi Araki’s wife Yoko. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Rupertinum Oct. 4, 2008-Jan. 11, 2009.

Nobuyoshi Araki; Nan Goldin: Tokyo Love – Spring Fever 1994 (Scalo, 1995)

By: Thomas Schulz 07/09/201511/04/2020

Classic, PhotobookAdolescents, American, Beauty, Color, featured, Identity, Japanese photographer, Nan Goldin, Nobuyoshi Araki, Portrait Photography, Studio Photography, Subculture, TokyoLeave a Comment

In 1994 Goldin and Araki decided to collaborate on a project about adolescents in Tokyo. They set out to capture the joys, thrills, and anxieties of youth.

Nobuyoshi Araki: Shijyo Tokyo ( Edition Stemmle, 1998)

By: Thomas Schulz 21/07/201520/11/2019

Classic, PhotobookBeauty, Black and White, Color, Flowers, Japanese photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki, Portrait Photography, Street Photography, Tokyo, UrbanLeave a Comment

This book by Nobuyoshi Araki strikes a contrast between saturated flower studies and damaged black and white scenes of everyday life in Tokyo. Includes essays by Zdenek Felix and Ulf Erdmann Ziegler. It was published to accompany a major exhibition at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg in 1998.