Arguably Japan's greatest living photographer and the author of over 425 books to date, Nobuyoshi Araki (born 1940) is internationally known for his erotic images of tied-up, beautiful nude women. It Was Once a Paradise presents Araki's most recent photographic series, 40 diptychs that offer a meditation on sex and grief. Each diptych couples a new color photograph of a semi-nude woman in bondage with a black-and-white still life from his personal diary, a somber image taken on his Tokyo balcony: the site of his former private paradise haunted by his deceased wife Yoko and his cat Chiro. Nostalgic ruins contrast with erotic hope, forming a contrast that is echoed in the packaging of the book, which has been designed to be read in either direction, and comes with a choice of two different dust jackets.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Reflex Editions
ISBN-10
9071848124
ISBN-13
9789071848124
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117287515
Product Key Features
Book Title
Nobuyoshi Araki: It Was Once a Paradise
Number of Pages
100 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Individual Photographers / Monographs, Subjects & Themes / Erotica, Asian / Japanese
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Photography, Art
Author
Nobuyoshi Araki
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Length
13.7 in, 13.8 in
Item Width
9.8 in
Additional Product Features
Reviews
There are quite a few extremely beautiful images in this book, and some of the pairings are amazingly smart. On top of that, It Was Once A Paradise is an incredibly lush production, a beautiful object on its own.