Er studierte Fotografie und Film an der Chiba-Universität und machte bald darauf seine ersten kommerziellen Bilder.
1970 stellte er seine berühmten Xeroxed Photo Albums her, die er in limitierter Auflage produzierte und an Freunde, Kunstkritiker und Fremde verschickte, die er willkürlich aus dem Telefonbuch aussuchte.
Mit seinen kühnen, gewagten Fotos sorgte Araki immer wieder für öffentliche Empörung und Zensur, besonders in seiner japanischen Heimat.
www.taschen.comHe studied photography and film at Chiba University and went into commercial photography soon after graduating.
In 1970 he created his famous Xeroxed Photo Albums, which he produced in limited editions and sent to friends, art critics, and people selected randomly from the telephone book.
Over the years, his bold, unabashed photographs of his private life have been the object of a great deal of controversy and censorship (especially in his native Japan), a fact that has not fazed the artist nor diminished his influence.
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