Nobuyoshi Araki

Lady Gaga x Nobuyoshi Araki Bondage Leaked Polaroids (NSFW)

August 26, 2011Arts32 comments2477 Views
Gaga has gone from electric into erotic. These Polaroid photos taken by legendary photographer Nobuyoshi Araki emerged after her photoshoot for VOGUE Hommes JAPAN. As a household name in his native Japan, Araki is known for his provoking S&M shoots. As evident, the Femme Fatale...

Lady Gaga in Bondage by ARAKI (NSFW)

July 13, 2011Arts89 comments995 Views
While pop star Lady Gaga has often shown more of herself than necessary to an adoring audience of devoted fans (or "monsters" as she refers to them), she's rarely as free and uninhibited in front of the cameras as she was with Japanese contemporary artist Araki Nobuyoshi. In...

NOWNESS: The Reality Show By Araki

May 17, 2011Culture20 comments232 Views
The man known for his S&M slant turned his lens to Japan's bleeding edge to shoot the second issue of limited-edition Tokyo-based style magazine The Reality Show. Director Kensui Arao filmed the behind-the-scenes action as Nobuyoshi Araki captured tastemakers including...

Polart 6000 Exhibition @ Rat Hole Gallery Recap (NSFW)

August 12, 2009Uncategorized16 comments63 Views
Openers offers a closer look into Nobuyoshi Araki’s "Polart 6000" Exhibition, which opened back in mid-July at the Rat Hole Gallery in Tokyo. The show celebrated the photographer's enormous range of photographic work (6,000 Polaroids), interpreted through the walls of the...

honeyee: Interview with NOBUYOSHI ARAKI “Photographs are heading to death”

July 23, 2009Uncategorized3 comments40 Views
In a rare all-English interview from honeyee, the attention turns to Nobuyoshi Araki. Having recently celebrated his 69th birthday with an exhibition featuring 69, 6 x 9 prints, the interview takes on a slight pessimistic tone as Araki denounces the current digital trend in...