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Nobuyoshi Araki Color Photography

Japanese, b. 1940
Nobuyoshi Araki is famous for his provocative, erotic photographs and prolific production; over 500 books have been devoted to his work. Araki has depicted flowers, food, figurines, and bodies with a distinct sensuality that reaches its apex in his close-up shots of female genitalia, pictures of women in traditional Japanese rope bondage, and photographs of Tokyo sex clubs. To Araki has been dedicated exhibitions at Tate Modern, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Albertina Museum in Vienna, among other institutions.
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Artist: Nobuyoshi Araki
67 Shooting Back #GDN224 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN224, 2007 RP Direct print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nobuyoshi Araki Color Photography

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Flower Rondeau #108 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #108, 1997 RP Direct print 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.) Print only Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based photographer. Araki ...
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67 Shooting Back #non3 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #non3, 2007 RP Direct print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-bas...
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Flower Rondeau #026 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #026, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-b...
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1990s Contemporary Nobuyoshi Araki Color Photography

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Flower Rondeau #091 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #091, 1997 RP Direct print 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.) Print only Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based photographer. Araki completed his studies at Chiba University’s Department of Photography, Painting and Engineering with a focus on the study of film and photography. His photographic project Satchin earned him the prestigious Taiyo Award in 1964, shortly after he had joined the advertising agency Dentsu, where he worked until 1972. At Dentsu he met his wife Yoko, to whom he paid homage in Sentimental Journey, a photographic record of their honeymoon published in 1971. Eros and thanatos (sex and death) has been a central theme in Araki’s work; an abiding fascination with female genitalia and women’s bodies in Japanese bondage, flowers, food, his cat, faces and Tokyo street...
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Flower Rondeau #021 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #021, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-b...
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67 Shooting Back #GDN162 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN162, 2007 RP Direct print 60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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Flower Rondeau #092 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #092, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-b...
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Flower Rondeau #041 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #041, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-b...
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67 Shooting Back #GDN232 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN232, 2007 RP Direct print 60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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Flower Rondeau #089 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #089, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-b...
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67 Shooting Back #v – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #v, 2007 RP Direct print 60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based p...
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67 Shooting Back #GDN272 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN272, 2007 RP Direct print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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67 Shooting Back #GDN051 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN051, 2007 RP Direct print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nobuyoshi Araki Color Photography

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67 Shooting Back #GDN171 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN171, 2007 RP Direct print 60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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From the series 'Kakyok' – Nobuyoshi Araki, Photography, Flower, Colour, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) From the series 'Kakyoku', 1997 Metallic colour print 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.) print only Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based photogra...
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67 Shooting Back #GDN027 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN027, 2007 RP Direct print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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67 Shooting Back #GDN179 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN179, 2007 RP Direct print 60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nobuyoshi Araki Color Photography

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67 Shooting Back #GDN019 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN019, 2007 RP Direct print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nobuyoshi Araki Color Photography

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67 Shooting Back #GDN160 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Woman, Bondage, Japan, Photography
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 67 Shooting Back #GDN160, 2007 RP Direct print 60 x 50.8 cm (23 5/8 x 20 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-ba...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nobuyoshi Araki Color Photography

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Flower Rondeau #037 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #037, 1997 RP Direct print Sheet 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only – Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-b...
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1990s Contemporary Nobuyoshi Araki Color Photography

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Flower Rondeau #087 – Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese Photography, Flowers, Nature
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Zurich, CH
Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) Flower Rondeau #087, 1997 RP Direct print 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.) Print only Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based photographer. Araki completed his studies at Chiba University’s Department of Photography, Painting and Engineering with a focus on the study of film and photography. His photographic project Satchin earned him the prestigious Taiyo Award in 1964, shortly after he had joined the advertising agency Dentsu, where he worked until 1972. At Dentsu he met his wife Yoko, to whom he paid homage in Sentimental Journey, a photographic record of their honeymoon published in 1971. Eros and thanatos (sex and death) has been a central theme in Araki’s work; an abiding fascination with female genitalia and women’s bodies in Japanese bondage, flowers, food, his cat, faces and Tokyo street...
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1990s Contemporary Nobuyoshi Araki Color Photography

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