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Still Sexy After All These Years

Nobuyoshi Araki is a Japanese artist who unapologetically creates art around a central theme: sex. He has created over 450 books in his lifetime and has an uncanny ability to make anything and everything appear erotic. We interviewed Araki a while back and he seems like on old angry genius who thinks about photography constantly to an obsessive degree, and his outputs shows it. He is about to add another book to his catalog, because Taschen is releasing a limited edition retrospective of his favorite bondage imagery he’s compiled over his storied career. It even comes in its own wooden box, for safe keeping/hiding. Check out the photos of beautiful Japanese women who are tied up and ready above, if that sounds like something you’d be interested in.

Arakitronics | Nobuyoshi Araki

Arakitronics by Nobuyoshi Araki, first published 1994. A nude Japanese girl in a variety of BDSM and bondage scenarios.

Arakitronics | A cinematic fantasy.

Arakitronics by Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木 経惟), first published 1994, is a bold portfolio of 382 pages depicting a single nude Japanese girl in a variety of poses, sometimes dressed in a traditional Kimono, often touching BDSM and bondage scenarios. The contrasting red, blue and green lights create a dark, almost surreal mood of David Lynchian quality. … see more