Nobuyoshi Araki. Self, Life, Death - Abridged Edition - Tapa dura

Edited by Akiko Miki, Yoshiko Isshiki and Tomoko Sato. With 47 colour photographs, 191 black and white ,photographs. Abridged edition . 4to pp. 196 Rilegato, sovracoperta (hard cover, dust jacket) Nuovo (New) This new abridged edition of Phaidon's major monograph provides a comprehensive overview of Araki's highly prolific career spanning forty-eight years. ,Through his innovative approach to photography, and rich visual vocabulary drawn from the erotic ukiyo-e prints of Edo period (1600-1868) as well as the glossy imagery of our new commercial culture, Araki has become an important and influential figure in the contemporary art world. Reflecting Araki's photographic principle of "I-photography", the book is divided into three sections that follow the main recurring themes in his work: Self, Life and Death and provides an insightful introduction to the major works of this influential photographer.