Nobuyoshi Araki
Photographoary: Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17
Published by Taka Ishii Gallery, 2017
First Edition
Size: 22.3 x 16.6 x 0.6 cm
120 Pages
Softcover
Limited Edition of 500 copies.
"Photopoary: Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17" commemorates the exhibition of the same name held at Taka Ishii Gallery in 2017. The works center on Araki's fundamental themes of Eros and Thanatos. Araki, who has faced multiple illnesses such as prostate cancer and central retinal artery occlusion, causing him to lose sight in his right eye, enriches his works by positively incorporating his aging process. "This is the era of old people. People who fight aging by saying, 'I don't want to be considered old,' are excluded. This is precisely the time to be proud and to expose the transformations brought about by age. There are many things you cannot learn without aging. It is natural for old people to be more attractive than young people because we have experience."
- Nobuyoshi Araki