The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki Vol. 8: Private Diary 1980-1995

Nobuyoshi Araki's "The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki 8: Private Diary 1980–1995" is one volume in a 20-volume collection of his photographs, a work that disrupts the relationship between photography and time through the device of dates. Although the photographs are dated from 1980 to 1995, the actual shooting was mainly concentrated in 1980 and 1984.

This book, with dates inserted for all items, evokes a diary format, but many of these dates are artificially set. Street snaps, familiar landscapes, and cultural figures are juxtaposed in fragments, and time is presented not as a record but as "private time" reconfigured through editing. Through the manipulation of dates, photography is transformed into a medium that traverses past and future, and the diary format itself is shaken.

For Araki, dates are not records, but a framework that enables the act of photography. This book presents the equation "photography = diary" while updating it as fiction. At the end of the volume are texts by Norihiro Kato and Araki's own commentary.

[Title] The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki-8 Private Diary 1980-1995
[Publisher] Heibonsha
[Publication Date] July 20, 1996
[Number of Pages] 192 pages
[Size] Approx. 150*225*15mm
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese
[Title Reading] ARAKI NOBUYOSHI SHASHIN Zenshu DAI 8 KAN SHINIKKI KAKO
[Author/Editor] Nobuyoshi Araki/Author, Seiichi Suzuki Design Office/Book Design, Keiichi Kadosaki/Editor, Akihiko Hatanaka/Editor, Takeru Adachi/Editor,
[Printing] Toppan Printing/Printing, Oguchi Seihon Printing/Binding
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[Condition] Used 【5】Good (Slight age-related yellowing)
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Nobuyoshi Araki (Araki, Nobuyoshi) 1940-

Born on May 25, 1940, in Minowa, Taito-ku, Tokyo.
In 1959, he entered Chiba University, Department of Photography and Printing, graduating in 1963. After graduation, he joined Dentsu and worked as an advertising photographer. In 1964, he received the 1st Taiyo Award for "Sacchan," establishing his presence as a photographer.

In 1971, he published "Sentimental Journey," a privately published photo book documenting his honeymoon with his colleague Yoko Aoki, establishing his "I-photography" style. In 1972, he left Dentsu to become a freelance photographer, capturing a wide range of subjects including nudes, cityscapes, flowers, his beloved cat Chiro, daily life with his wife Yoko, and street snaps. His style, which emphasizes fragments of everyday life and private emotions, created a new trend in the photography world.

From the 1980s onward, he developed dense everyday photography using medium format cameras such as the Pentax 67, Plaubel Makina 67, and Leica. He pursued expressions that blurred the boundaries between private and public space with an intimate gaze toward his subjects and moist depictions. He has published over 500 photo books and is highly acclaimed both in Japan and abroad.

Major photo books include "Sentimental Journey" (1971), "Tokyo Diary" (1977), "Shakyo Rojin A" (1990), "Shashin Shijoshugi" (2000), and "The Complete Works of Nobuyoshi Araki" (2008).

His awards include the Taiyo Award, the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, the 6th Ango Award, and the 54th Mainichi Art Award Special Prize. He continues to actively photograph and is recognized worldwide as one of Japan's leading contemporary photographers.

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