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“Special Arakinema: Araki Nobuyoshi vs. Moriyama Daido.“ Japan: Kuesto (Quest), 1998, VHS Tape.

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Nobuyoshi Araki Self-Portrait from Grand Photomaniac Diary 1990-1999 Japan (1991) [Source]

Wikipedia says:

Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木 経惟 Araki Nobuyoshi?, May 25, 1940) is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. He is also known by the nickname Arākī (アラーキー?)…

Having published over 350 books by 2005, and still more every year, Araki is considered one of the most prolific artists alive or dead in Japan and around the world. Many of his photographs are erotic; some have been called pornographic. 

Among his photography books are Sentimental Journey (1971), and Tokyo Lucky Hole (1990). Sentimental Journey “1972-1992” is a diary of life with his wife Yōko until she died of ovarian cancer in 1990. The first part of Sentimental Journey sees the couple embarking on married life – their honeymoon and having sex. Pictures taken during her last days were published in Winter Journey. 

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Shinjuku, Tokyo

Makina 67

#PhotoHoHoHo2021

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Studio Voice, June 1992.

Nobuyoshi Araki, unidentified medium format camera (Mamiya RZ67?) & Konica Big Mini 301/302.

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Shinjuku, Tokyo

Leica M5 with 35mm f2.8 Summaron lens and Panasonic PE-20S flash

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Minolta CLE w/ grip + M-Rokkor 40mm/f2.

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Photo Ho Ho Ho 2021 charity photowalk group shot- taken at Ark Hills at the end of the event. 

Many, MANY thanks to all who showed up to raise money for children in need while taking some pictures along the way. 

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Out Of Photographers was a late-nineties Japanese alt photography magazine that lasted about a dozen issues, into 1999.  

Published by Shincho Mook, it celebrated the new 90′s youth photo aesthetic- a visual lifestyle focused on personal issues, friendships,  lovers, and a general enjoyment of life- life just before the explosion of the internet and its impact on photography thereafter.  Issues of this magazine remain extremely common in used bookshops and are often priced from 100 - 500 yen. 

Issue 1 features a few pages by a young Yurie Nagashima, and several more taken by a photographer photographing Nobuyoshi Araki at work.  In addition to the J-Phone ads, it’s a terrific testament to 90′s in that there’s probably no higher concentration of published photographs shot with Konica Big Minis than what’s found in issues of Out Of Photographers.

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Zen Foto Gallery, Roppongi

Minolta CLE with 40mm f2 M-Rokkor

Photographer:   Shoichi Aoyama owner the rental darkroom Amateur’s Labo

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Pentax Espio/IQZoom

Source: NHK Hobby Encyclopedia Near Future Photography Interview (April 1990)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jar1pnDmj48&t

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3rd cover: Leica M6

4th cover: Minolta TC-1

6th cover: Konica Big Mini (BM-301/302)

Nobuyoshi Araki magazine covers 1.

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Nobuyoshi Araki

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Minolta Hi-Matic AF2

Nobuyoshi Araki and Beat Takeshi

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Leica M6

Nobuyoshi Araki in Tokyo Noise (2002)

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Nobuyoshi Araki