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Critical Perspectives on Araki Nobuyoshi’s Photography 荒木経惟の写真をめぐる批判的視点
Hagiwara Hiroko offers a critical perspective on the industry surrounding the photographer Araki Nobuyoshi.
写真家・荒木経惟をめぐって機能する「企業体アラキ」についての、萩原弘子による批判的視点。
Join Hagiwara Hiroko for a critique of the later work of Araki Nobuyoshi, in particular his photography of bound and naked women. To explain the widespread global acceptance of these “exploitative” images, Hagiwara focuses on what she terms the “Araki Industry,” which manages the visual and discursive presentation of Araki’s work in order to discourage serious critique and expand the market for his photography. The refusal to allow the use of Araki’s photography in this lecture is the latest example of the Araki Industry at work.