Araki. Tokyo lucky hole. Ediz. inglese, tedesca e francese

Should I review what's basically pornography?... Eh, why not. "Tokyo Lucky Hole" is a big photo album with a tiny, tiny intro to give you a small bit of context regarding the contents. In short (an even shorter nutshell than the book offers), Japan had a bit of a sex boom from 1978 to 1985, when ente Leggi tutto

I reviewed this book in another edition before. For whatever reason I gave the old edition four stars and this one five stars. Why? Sex is a mood thing with me. And Araki sometimes strikes my fancy and other times not. But what's important is not the sex, but the way he captures an aesthetic in sexu Leggi tutto

My god, how I loved this! A picture of the erotic underworld of Tokyo in the 80's. Great pictures, great atmosphere. Dirty secrets and pure joy. This contained very little text, but very much content and it definitely spoke to me. I love erotica so much. To me, the thing isn't the pornographic or voyer Leggi tutto

Lucky bastard

Nobuyoshi Araki is a masterful photographer, but this is just pornography, basically.

Really a chronicle of a by gone time. Photographed with his usual flair and style. Its a big old book of great B&W images covering the gambit of all sorts of Kinks. Good Stuff. well executed all around and since its a Teschen its super cheap in paperback!