When a photographer focuses his camera on the nude we expect the result to be infused with an intense sexuality: it is the nature of the subject, the human body touches our spirit, as well as our emotions.
When the photographer is Nobuyoshi Araki, our five senses, our fears and our deepest lusts are all confused in a philosophical and spiritual labyrinth, a mine field that we cross at our own risk. Araki for virtually half a century, through countless exhibitions and more than 100 books has taken us on a journey from titillation to the limits of pornography, from genteel erotica to the very heart of our humanity.
Araki portrays women often in contorted positions which project his desires, our desires, our fantasy and our lusts. He shoots young women in school uniform, women as bound objects tied in rope, women subjected to all forms of discipline and humiliation.
Is Araki a woman hater? On the contrary: he adores women. He claims to have... MORE
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