Araki [PDF scan]

Wow! Thank you! A fascinating photographer who is rare among Japanese artists. [Scenes of Tokyo were quite nostalgic as were the look and atmosphere of the subjects and settings - It should be viewed in the context and contradictions of the times. While magazines like Playboy were seized at airport customs as dangerous pornography, this guy was photographing the taboo and was seen as a liberating figure among many young women. He was a frequent guest on late night talk shows for his "radical" views, and while often cutting a comical figure, at the same time, his later works, I believe, were defined by the loss of his wife and an insatiable desire to recapture both an innnocence of sexual curiosity and adventurous risk-taking of his early years.]

 

I'll have to look more into his material - he has quite the Biblio (listed within the posted title near the end of the book) - wasn't aware he was so published . . .

 

Prolific, he was. There are some YouTubes that provide some interesting insights. I note that many of the settings in the book are from Roppongi before and just as it was exploding into the global destination as an entertainment center. Good times!