Chrome Leica M6 appreciation post
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Chrome Leica M6 appreciation post
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Seen: 荒木経惟 写狂老人A ARAKI Nobuyoshi Photo-Crazy AWho: Nobuyoshi...
Seen: 荒木経惟 写狂老人A ARAKI Nobuyoshi Photo-Crazy A
Who: Nobuyoshi Araki
Where: Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
When: July 8th - September 3rd, 2017 (11am-7pm / 1200 yen entry fee)
Nine different and very recent series make up this wild show by Nobuyoshi Araki- this is (until the TOP Museum’s show) the largest of Araki’s shows in Tokyo this summer. Upon paying the 1200 yen entry fee, the viewer is first thrust into a hallway lined by larger-than-life silver gelatin prints from Araki’s Erotic Housewives series. Right away scale and quantity come into play- this theme carries over into the other rooms and is a unifying element to the show. The venue’s high ceilings and perfect lighting make for a sharp canvas on which Araki’s work is taped- per his presentation style, there no frames here. Along with prints on walls there’s also a table of books and two slideshows in side rooms, too. Visitors pass a long hall with cases containing selected photobooks spanning the entirety of his career. (Twenty-five more photos of the exhibition can be seen on Fashion Snap, here.)
Accompanying this show is a 250+ page exhibition catalogue, as well as T-shirts, postcards, posters, folding fans, canvas bags, and a half a gift shop full of his photobooks.
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Exhibiting over 1000 prints in one show is exactly what being Photo-Crazy is all about. It’s even crazier to know they were almost all shot within the past two years. (Earlier this year I heard Araki say he shoots 10 to 15 rolls of film a day.)
To think that sounds like too many pictures for one show would be missing the point- what most would think is “too many” is, in Araki’s case is, where the fun starts- where life is lived, and where the meaning lies.
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Seen: 花幽園 KayuenWho: Nobuyoshi ArakiWhere: Rat Hole Gallery,...
Seen:花幽園 Kayuen
Who: Nobuyoshi Araki
Where: Rat Hole Gallery, Aoyama
When: July 14 - August 31, 2017 (open 12-8pm, closed Mondays)
Another week, another new Araki exhibition in Tokyo this summer. Kayuen (comprised of the charcters Flower, Ghost, and Garden) is a collection of large C-prints of recent work comprised of Araki’s flowers, figures, and wit that fluctuates between by humor and thanatos.
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Nobuyoshi Araki opening reception, Rat Hole Gallery,...
Nobuyoshi Araki opening reception, Rat Hole Gallery, Aoyama
Fujifilm GF670W
This is Araki’s own GF670W, seen here over the shoulder of an assistant in the gallery. It was loaded with Kodak Tmax 400 film, his current standard black and white film.
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Director Rian Johnson spotted with his Leica M6 over his...
Director Rian Johnson spotted with his Leica M6 over his shoulder in Star Wars: The Last Jedi Behind The Scenes a short promotional video for the film.
Good to see that his camera is always on him- certainly he’s likely to have made some great pictures with it while on set.
You can read more on Rian Johnson’s love of film and photography and cameras in this interview from 2012, here: Noir to near-future: ‘Looper’ director Rian Johnson talks sci-fi, Twitter, and the fate of film
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valerian: Araki: Shinjuku is summer. Just the other day, the two...
Araki: Shinjuku is summer. Just the other day, the two of us were walking around, shooting nothing in particular but each and every shot was good. ‘Course there was that high being with you, but even just walking around is fine, no need for masterpieces. Whatever appeared before our eyes was a picture. Everything makes photos for us.
Moriyama: (chuckles) Yeah, I guess you can say that.
Araki: That being how I do things, there are no “great pictures” but, “Hey, what’s this?” Just look! (laughs)
Moriyama: Who needs “masterpieces”?
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excerpt from Daido Moriyama and Nobuyoshi Araki in Conversation (Sept. 28th 2004)
MORIYAMA - SHINJUKU - ARAKI (Heibonsha, 2005)
original photograph by Sakiko Nomura
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Rat Hole Gallery, AoyamaFujifilm Klasse W
Rat Hole Gallery, Aoyama
Fujifilm Klasse W
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ShinjukuNikon S3 2000
Shinjuku
Nikon S3 2000
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valerian: 1. Nobuyoshi Araki, Tokyo Nude, Mother Brain 19892....
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ShinjukuHim: Nikon FE with Nikkor-H Auto 50mm f2 lensHer:...
Shinjuku
Him: Nikon FE with Nikkor-H Auto 50mm f2 lens
Her: Olympus Pen FT with Zuiko Auto-S 38mm f1.8 lens
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valerian: Hayao Miyazaki on digital photography...
Hayao Miyazaki on digital
photographyanimation.
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GinzaLeft: Nikon F6 with Carl Zeiss Planar f1,4/50 ZF. 2 T*...
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Totem Pole Photo Gallery, ShinjukuHasselblad SWC with Sunpak...
Totem Pole Photo Gallery, Shinjuku
Hasselblad SWC with Sunpak auto 22SR flash and Voigtlander VC Meter II
Photographer: Shinya Arimoto / website / Photobook: Tokyo Circulation
At his photo exhibition Ariphoto vol.29 Ends Sunday, July 23rd
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【トークイベント＆サイン会】梁丞佑(写真家)×有元伸也(写真家) モデレーター：鳥原学(写真評論家)
〜林忠彦賞・土門拳賞 受賞記念〜
- 会期 2017年08月04日(金)
- 時間 19:30～21:00
- 場所 BOOK EVENT SPACE
- 定員 70名様
- 主催 銀座 蔦屋書店
- 共催・協力 Zen Foto Gallery
- 問い合わせ先 03-3575-7755
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ShinjukuFujifilm Tiara ZoomPhotographer: Minami Sakamoto /...
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Ueno ParkMinolta X-300 with 50mm f1.4 MD lens
Ueno Park
Minolta X-300 with 50mm f1.4 MD lens
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ShinjukuCanon Autoboy D5
Shinjuku
Canon Autoboy D5
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tppg: [Exhibition] ジョン サイパル / John Sypal 随写 vol. 16 / Zuisha...
tppg:
[Exhibition] ジョン サイパル / John Sypal
随写 vol. 16 / Zuisha vol.162017.7.25(tue) - 8.6(sun)
Open 12:00-19:00 Closed Mondays
Profile · Past Exhibition
#tppg #photogallery #totempolephotogallery #tokyo #shinjuku #yotsuya
#明日より (TOTEM POLE PHOTO Gallery)
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Seen: ARAKI Nobuyoshi: Sentimental Journey 1971- 2017-Who:...
Seen: ARAKI Nobuyoshi: Sentimental Journey 1971- 2017-
Who: Nobuyoshi Araki
Where: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
When: Jul. 25—Sep. 24, 2017
Sentimental Journey and photos of his wife, Yoko, are the the essential approaches to understanding Araki’s outlook on life and photography. They’re certainly my favorite of his output.
This exhibition is his first in the entire twenty years this photographic museum has been open in Tokyo- the content is smartly edited and an encounter with these pictures is a thoroughly moving affair. A majority of the work is taped directly to the walls- removing a layer of glass between the photograph allows deeper engagement for the viewer.
The press tour which preceded the show’s opening reception was, personally, one of the most incredible photographic experiences I’ve ever had. Standing there as Araki spoke at length on Sentimental Journey felt like a dream. He peppered his speech with puns and anecdotes which garnered a bit of laughter from those in attendance. The collective emotional pressure that built while in the Winter Journey room, combined with Araki’s concordant commentary, ended with a heartfelt sigh as the photographer moved on to the next room.
On the way back to the station after today’s press tour of the new Araki show at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, I was talking with a photo critic about how misconstrued, or at least how limited, Araki is viewed in the west- I pointed out that hashtag searches on Instagram from Araki’s full name in English and Japanese pull up surprisingly different results. This misunderstanding by both his foreign fans and detractors, fails to affect Araki and Japan’s celebration of his work.
This year, Araki’s 77th, has already seen several exhibitions- Sentimental Journey 1971- 2017- is the must-see one of 2017. I’ll be making more than a few visits back before it closes.
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valerian: Postcards from the ARAKI Nobuyoshi: Sentimental...
Postcards from the ARAKI Nobuyoshi: Sentimental Journey 1971- 2017- Held a the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, July 25- Sept. 23, 2017.
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Totem Pole Photo GalleryZeiss Ikon Tenax I, a square format 35mm...
Totem Pole Photo Gallery
Zeiss Ikon Tenax I, a square format 35mm camera.
Photographer: Clinton Watkins portfolio site / tumblr
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