Super RARE! SIGNED! Nobuyoshi ARAKI Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Print. Size: 25.4 cm x 20.5 cm. This is a super rare, signed vintage gelatin-silver print by photographer Nobuyoshi Araki. The photograph features a woman.
The production technique used to create this piece is remarkable. The print is an original and was manufactured in Japan. It is a great addition to any collection of photographic images and photographs. My own memory disappears at the very moment I take the photo, it is the camera that serves as my memory. Photography, by definition, is about revealing oneself to oneself.
Nobuyoshi Araki (1940) Japanese photographer, born in Tokyo. His father, a small craftsman, practices photography as an amateur.
In 1963 he graduated from the engineering department of Chiba University, majoring in photography and film directing. He becomes a cameraman and practices taking images.He began his photographic career at the Dentsu advertising agency where he met his future wife. In 1964, he received the Taiyo Prize for "Satchin", a series of photographs of children. In 1971, he married Aoki Yoko and produced a personal diary which he published at his own expense, the "Sentimental Journey" recounting, halfway between reality and fiction, his marriage as well as his wedding night, without any modesty. In 1972, he left the Dentsu agency, became an independent photographer and embarked on several projects.
It is from this moment, during a performance, the "Super-Photo concert", the photos taken from this series are photocopied and sent by post to chosen recipients. At the same time, he produced another series of photographs which stood out for the distortions he brought to his photos, the prints being made at very high temperature, then cooled and hung outside. Giving a result of transformation by light as well as bad weather, his photos as the photographer understands are the product of the present time, he indicates the date on each of them, thus signifying that the photo is a moment of the present, between the past and the future. In 1974, he founded the "Workshop" school of photography with Fukase Masahisa, Tomatsu Shomei, Hosoe Eiko and Moriyama Daido. In 1977, he moved to Komae in the western suburbs of the capital and in 1982 moved again to Gotokuji where he has resided ever since.
As a child, marked by Tokyo under the bombings at the age of 5, he published a series of photos this time from Tokyo. In 1978 he made a series of black and white photographs of his wife on a daily basis, who undoubtedly became his muse, the work was entitled "Waga ai, Yoko" (Yoko, my love). In 1979, he went to New York for the first time for an exhibition. In 1981, he produced "Shashin shosetsu", a kind of black and white, sentimental and erotic photo novel and continued in 1984 with two other works, "Shojo sekai" (A world of girls) and "Tokyo wa aki" (Autumn in Tokyo). But it was not until 1985 that he began to exhibit regularly abroad.
Between 1988 and 1993, his work was the subject of scandal, the representation of genitals and pubic hair in his photographs being considered "obscene" within the meaning of Japanese law. The various controversies which follow contribute to a more tolerant application of the law in the case of artistic productions and soft porn. At the end of the 1980s, he used color photocopying as a means of reproduction and presentation for his images. In 1990, his wife Yoko died of uterine cancer. This personal drama will terribly affect him, his work takes a turn of sensitive darkness for several years. In 2004, he published a book "Love Hotel" where he explained his way of working, exposing the situations that pushed him to photograph naked women. In 2008 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery which successfully removed the tumor. The same year he received the "Decoration for Science and Art" in Austria. Today, recognized among the greatest photographers, his works are present among numerous museum collections, such as the "Tate Modern" in London and the "Museum of Modern Art" in San Francisco. Having published over 400 books, Araki is considered one of the most prolific photographers in Japan and around the world. He is also a figure in the world of media and Japanese culture, publishing numerous essays and interviews. Photography is life, everyday life is an art. Sale as is, no return. Also please a look my sales list.Thanks a lot to the following photographers.