ARAKI NOBUYOSHI
KU_JI
Published by Switch Publishing, Tokyo, 2005
Book size 19 x 23.5 cm
Pages 160
Hardcover
Language Japanese
The full title is "Kuji 2004 Shakyo Jin Nikki" which means: "Events in the Sky: A Photo-Maniac's Diary 2004".
When Nobuyoshi Araki is asked what the year 2004 brings to his mind, he replies “the sky.”
“I was sad, for some reason. In that year only, the vapor trails behind jets seemed to cut through the sky to me.”
Behind Araki's words lies his encounter with the poet Minori Miyata.
She contacted him, “Would you photograph me and my body, with its one remaining breast?”
Araki remembers how much her overwhelming presence moved him; her life, and the flowers.
The photobook “Soragoto” (lit. “Fabrication”, written with the character for “sky”) recounts Araki's encounter with Miyata and was published to mourn her death on March 18, 2005, at the young age of 34.
— from the publisher's description
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The full title is "Kuji 2004 Shakyo Jin Nikki" which means: "Events in the Sky: A Photo-Maniac's Diary 2004".
When asked what the year 2004 reminds him of, Nobuyoshi Araki replies:
"the sky".
"I was sad, for some reason. That year alone, the vapor trails behind the jets seemed to cross the sky to me.
Behind Araki's words lies his encounter with the poet Minori Miyata.
She contacted him, "Would you like to photograph me and my body, with her one remaining breast?"
Araki remembers how her overwhelming presence moved him; her life and the flowers.
The photo book "Soragoto" (lit. "Fabrication", written with the character for "sky") chronicles Araki's meeting with Miyata and was published to mourn his death on March 18, 2005, at the age of 34.
- according to the publisher's description