Michael Hoppen Contemporary is delighted to announce a new show of work by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki. Araki is the king of provocation. In a very particular – and arguably peculiar – way he has made the subject his own. And here we celebrate those images from his most controversial body of work, Kinbaku, …
Google Translate rendered the latter as “模倣はお世辞の最も誠実な形です”, which I thought I had better add in case Mr Araki happens to be looking at this. Nina and I did a shoot with Spanish photographer, Antonia Peña, and our one of our favourite models’ MaYa Homerton a few months back but now the magazine, Primera Linea, is out …
Notorious in his native Japan for his challenging, emotionally raw images and explicit depictions of sexuality and mortality, Nobuyoshi Araki has courted controversy for the last five decades. Simultaneously erotic and historical, Araki reflects Japan’s unique combination of strict tradition and constant innovation. His fascination with Tokyo is manifest in his work, delving into the …