I only tie up woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart. Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying up a woman becomes an embrace.
Nobuyoshi ArakiI would say my sex drive is weaker than most. However, my lens has a permanent erection.
Nobuyoshi ArakiPhotography is about a single point of a moment. Itโs like stopping time. As everything gets condensed in that forced instant. But if you keep creating these points, they form a line which reflects your life.
Nobuyoshi ArakiWomen? Well, they are gods. They will always fascinate me. As for rope, I always have it with me. Even when I forget my film, the rope is always in my bag. Since I can't tie their hearts up, I tie their bodies up instead.
Nobuyoshi ArakiPhotographs are diary entries That's all they can be. Photographs are just documentations of a day's event. At the same time, they drag the past into the present and also continue into the future. A day's occurrence evokes both the past and the future. That's why I want to clearly date my pictures. It's actually frustrating, that's why I now photograph the future
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