荒木經惟 感傷之旅 1971-2017 (Nobuyoshi Araki Sentimental Journey)

1940年生於東京都，自千葉大學工學部寫真印刷工學科畢業之後，進入日本電通，隸屬攝影部門。1964年以作品「さっちん（阿幸）」榮獲第1屆太陽賞。1971年自費出版和妻子陽子蜜月旅行時拍攝的作品『センチメンタルな旅（感傷之旅）』，限量1,000本。其後，他的作品著眼於妖媚的花朵、緊縛的裸體、天空景緻、食物、東京街景、他飼養的貓等，攝下的物品透過他的鏡頭，顯露出強烈的情慾及毀滅情緒，確立了荒木獨特的攝影風格，獲得日本國內外高度評價，成為日本代表性的當代攝影家之一。

主要個展有「Araki」（吉美博物館，巴黎，2016年）、「往生写集－顔・空景・道」（豊田市美術館，愛知，2014年）、「私・生・死」（巴比肯美術館，倫敦，2005年）、「花人生」（東京都寫真美術館，2003年）、「Suicide in Tokyo」（Giardini di Castello，威尼斯，2002年）、「Tokyo Still Life」（Ikon Gallery，伯明罕，2001年）、「Nobuyoshi Araki」（根特市立當代藝術博物館，2000年）、「荒木経惟 センチメンタルな写真、人生（荒木經惟 感傷的攝影與人生）」（東京都現代美術館，1999年）、「Tokyo Comedy」（維也納分離派會館，1997年）、「荒木経惟・私日記」（卡地亞當代藝術基金會，巴黎，1995年）、「Akt-Tokyo 1971-1991」（Forum Stadtpark，格拉茲，1992年）等。2017年即將舉辦的展覽則有「寫狂老人A」（東京歌劇城藝術畫廊，東京）與「Memoire de Yoko」（東京都寫真美術館，東京）。

Nobuyoshi Araki has achieved world-wide acclaim for his photography, which he began creating in the 1960s. He is known for the great variety of themes and techniques he employs in his work, and for his drive to create, which has resulted in his publishing over 500 photobooks to date—a drive that continues unabated today.
This exhibition catalogue focuses on one theme from his vast oeuvre, his wife Yoko. As Araki himself has said, “It’s thanks to Yoko that I became a photographer.” From their meeting in 1968 until her death in 1990, Yoko was his most important subject.
She has continued to be a major influence on his photography even after her death. In this catalogue, we explore his relationship with the subject he treasured so much and reflect on the “I-Photograph” that is the essence of Araki’s work through his photographs of Yoko and his many works that give a strong sense of her presence. The exhibition title, “Sentimental Journey 1971– 2017–,” refers to Araki Nobuyoshi’s “I-Photographs,” beginning with his self publication of Sentimental Journey as a photobook in 1971, and to his life-long journey as a photographer.

texts: Gozo Yoshimasu(poes), Juergen Teller(Photographer), Seiichi Furuya (Photographer), Miyako Ishiuchi(Photographer), Daido Moriyama(Photographer), Toshiharu Ito(Professor, Department of Inter-Media Art, Tokyo University of the Arts), Filippo Maggia (Director, Head of Projects at Fondazione Fotografica Modena), Michio Kasahara (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum), Hiromi Kitazawa (Curator)