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Man Ray
Kishin Shinoyama
Man Ray
The influence of Henri Cartier-Bresson &
Eugène Atget
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Eugène Atget
The Sentimental Journey
Documentation of
honeymoon
•Reflecting on the
evanescence of life
•Also, death (Thanatos) is
implied in love and sex.
Billowing vitality in the
face of death
“Photographing a city
that is not my own is
bothersome. To be
honest, I don't have any
interest in any city
besides Tokyo.” - Araki
Tokyo’s Contemporary Sexual Underworld I
Tokyo Love
A documentary project
with Nan Goldin in 1994
Photojournalism on the
subcultures of Tokyo
•Portraits of adolescence
•gender bending performers in
Tokyo
•High visuality in costumes and
space decorations from Tokyo Love 1995
Monsters (as altered Egos)
•Reviving the tradition of
animism as seem in old
prints (for example,
Hokusai)
•Monsters/Kaiju, such as
Godzilla, represents the
desires of humanity
Hokusai
Sexual drive behind
the monstrosity
© Nobuyoshi Araki
Here, the artificial and the natural seem to occupy the
same world; real life (the cat, the vegetation) are
juxtaposed with representations of both real (actual
dinosaurs) and imaginary (Godzilla etc.) animals.
Japan beneath the Kimono
The influences of Edo Periods Ukiyo-e
prints and erotic art, ie. Shunga (春画)
Shunga
•Influenced by
Shunga, but the
male is invisible
•The male is Araki
himself, taking
photos as an
imaginary
participant and
“I'd like to take photos similar to
Shunga, but I haven't reached
observer
that level yet. There is bashfulness
in Shunga. The genitals are visible,
but the rest is hidden by the
kimono. In other words, they don't
show everything. They are hiding a
secret.” - Araki
A photographer of post-modern thoughts and
lyrical intent
•Every photo is a
microcosm of evanescent
life
•The artist himself is an
observer and participant
in the scene he has
captured.