ARAKI Ojo Shashu - Photography for the Afterlife: Alluring Hell

[twissie]

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[superficiality]

Ooooh, he sounds very awesome. I like the pieces that you've posted here.

[twissie]

Thank you! Araki is really something else. I can't really process the fact that he's 74, has recently battled cancer, and is STILL working on projects and publishing more photo books. The man is unstoppable.

[awakenyourfaith]

Wow! The pieces seem really evocative.

[twissie]

I'm glad you enjoy them :)

[siberian_angel]

I'm not in the least familiar with Araki, but Sentimental Journey and Chiro Love Death sound very appealing, despite the sorrowful subject they're based on.

[twissie]

Ah, I can not recommend Sentimental Journey and Chiro Love Death enough. There is also another photobook featuring Chiro (it's called Chiro, My Love - it was his very first photo book, published in 1994). Araki was working on it during his wife's illness, she was hoping to get to see the finished book, but she died before it was completed :(

Both books are available through Japan Exposures:
http://www.japanexposures.com/books/books/sentimental-journey-winter-journey-by-nobuyoshi-araki.html

http://www.japanexposures.com/books/books/chiro-love-death-by-nobuyoshi-araki.html