zondag 4 januari 2015

Araki

In the FOAM Photography museum I saw an exhibition about Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940. I had never heard of him, but he is one of the most celebrated Japanese artists of our time. Ever since he started his photographic career in the mid-sixties, Araki has taken tens of thousands of photographs and published more than 450 photobooks!
During the past months, the 74 year old Araki worked on his new series ARADISE which consists of dark photographs of flowers and dolls. I was not so impressed by these artificial stills, it does not touch me so much..

His older work however with street photography was more attractive. What to think of these Japanese children doing a "Michael Jackson"!

I think it is hilarious.

Araki is also wellknown for his erotic works with bondaged women but I don't think Blogger allows me to show so I end with some skywatches.


14 opmerkingen:

  1. Children do make the most interesting subjects to photograph, I guess because of their total spontaneity.

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  2. Ik ga ook voor zijn straatfotografie, denk ik. Inderdaad grappig met die kinderen.

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  3. Probably a wise decision to end with the clouds - the children are cute

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  4. For me street scenes are often the most interesting because of the social history they represent

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  5. He really caught the young Micheal Jacksons at their best.

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  6. I really like those skywatch shots.

    I think when one starts showing erotic material with any regularity, the general policy is that you put an adult tag on the blog as a whole. I don't think one post would matter that much, but it might if someone filed a complaint.

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  7. Dearest Marianne,
    You have to like the first set of flowers and dolls, set against a dark background. I had to laugh at your phrase: ' I was not so impressed by these artificial stills, it makes me not as much.' Guess you wanted to say (in Dutch, het doet me niet zo veel...) it does not touch me very much.
    Also like your final choice and those clouds are my favorite!
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  8. Love the shots with the children. So cute.

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  9. Thanks for showing these great images from Japan.

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  10. The boys are wonderful, you can feel the energy and hear their laughter!

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