Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940) is a Japanese photographer famous for his fetishized and erotic imagery. Araki takes inspiration from Helmut Newton by using Japanese bondage and provocative female nudes. On the topic of his subject matter Araki said, “Women? Well, they are gods. They will always fascinate me. As for rope, I always have it with me. Even when I forget my film, the rope is always in my bag . […] Since I can't tie their hearts up, I tie their bodies up instead.” He studied photography before working as a commercial artist but it was not until he became a freelance photographer that he began to publish his contemporary work with photography books.
I think Araki's work is interesting because of how closely his work falls on the line of contemporary photography and pornography. I think that his contemporary work is considered artistic because Araki uses formal elements such as line, balance, and space and uses them to create a complete aesthetic composition. The photos I have chosen below are successful because of the high contrast in values and the achromatic color palette. These photos are of nude women wearing lingerie in provocative poses which catches the viewers attention long enough to appreciate the artist qualities of the work.
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