Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyobu Nomental Journey 1971-2017- Kaoru Araki

Introduction (from the publisher)
From the huge amount of photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, the work of focusing on the theme of his wife “Yoko”, the work of Yoko as a subject, and the official exhibition of the same name photo exhibition, which is composed of various works that make the existence of the existence.It is a meeting catalog.
As Araki himself said, “I became a photographer by Yoko,” the work group created from the dense time with my wife, Yoko from the encounter in 1968 to the death of 1990, is at the heart of the photo.It doesn’t have to be pierced and shaken the mind of the viewer.
Includes a total of 108 points, “Sentimental Journey,” which was released as a private version, including valuable unreleased positive works and new works for this exhibition before marriage.Through Yoko, the most important subject, I will explore the relationship with the subject that Araki emphasizes, and consider the essence of his photographs, “private photos.”
The title “Sentimental Journey” is also the title of a photo book published in 1971, and represents the photo life itself from 2017.It is a definitive edition in the photo book of Araki, which has already been more than 500 books, with an essay related to Araki related to Araki.

? Recorded works:
Unpublished positive in the 60’s, which photographed Yoko before marriage, work on the theme of Yoko, the latest diary series taken in 2017

Writing: Tsuyoshi Yoshimasu (poet), Jurgen Teller (photographer), Tsuyoshi Ishiuchi (photographer), Seiichi Furuya (photographer), Taisho Moriyama (photographer),
Toshiharu Ito (Art Historian), Philippo Maddia (Modena Photo Foundation), Michiko Kasahara (Tokyo Museum of Photography), Hiromi Kitazawa (Curator)

? Photo exhibition “Nobuyoshi Araki Nobuyuki Nomental Journey 1971-2017-”
Service: Tuesday, July 25, 2017-September 24 (Sun)
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (1-13-3 Mita Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo)