Nobuyoshi Araki loves taking photos of sex and he is good at doing this. In his eyes, sex is a bond which can close the distance of two people. However, among all the women he has taken of, Yoko, his wife, is his favorite model.
There is no doubt that she is beautiful. While, it seems that what haunts in our mind is her inner elegance and glamour which enhanced by continuous snaps. Is there any chemical reaction between his camera and Yōko? Maybe.
Nobuyoshi often says: “ A photo is made up of body and time... What we shoot is time, not space.”
In 1971, during their wedding tour in Kyoto and Nagasaki, Nobuyoshi photographed what they did and saw during the tour and chose 108 pictures of them to publish a photo album which is called sentimental journey.
But nobody knows that this title becomes a forboding. Just after 20 years, Yoko passed away because of cancer.
“Why you call this honeymoon a sentimental journey?”
“I always take photography as a way of dissecting my life and myself. To me, a wedding does not just mean two people live together. Actually, it is a photopraphy journey. Maybe it's too feminine of me to commment this as sentimental.”
But nobody knows that this title becomes a forboding. Just after 20 years, Yoko passed away because of cancer.
“Why you call this honeymoon a sentimental journey?”
“I always take photography as a way of dissecting my life and myself. To me, a wedding does not just mean two people live together. Actually, it is a photopraphy journey. Maybe it's too feminine of me to commment this as sentimental.”
Picture resources:
1. http://image.baidu.com/i?tn=baiduimage&ct=201326592&lm=-1&cl=2&word=%BB%C4%C4%BE%BE%AD%CE%A9&fr=ala&ori_query=%E8%8D%92%E6%9C%A8%E7%BB%8F%E6%83%9F&ala=0&alatpl=sp&pos=0
2. http://www.yoka.com/club/photographer/2012/0904708120.shtml
3. http://www.yoka.com/club/photographer/2012/0904708121.shtml
1. http://image.baidu.com/i?tn=baiduimage&ct=201326592&lm=-1&cl=2&word=%BB%C4%C4%BE%BE%AD%CE%A9&fr=ala&ori_query=%E8%8D%92%E6%9C%A8%E7%BB%8F%E6%83%9F&ala=0&alatpl=sp&pos=0
2. http://www.yoka.com/club/photographer/2012/0904708120.shtml
3. http://www.yoka.com/club/photographer/2012/0904708121.shtml