Mantis by Daido Moriyama

AI NO HANA is a captivating photography book by renowned Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki. Published in 2007 to coincide with an exhibition at the RAT HOLE Gallery, this collect...

Raf Simons: Archive 1996–2001 / 2001–2006 is a rare two-volume set documenting the first decade of Raf Simons’ groundbreaking work in menswear. Featuring runway and backstage photogr...

Signed Daido Moriyama artist book: Daido Moriyama Okinawa s49: Softcover. 2020. Approximately 36 pages; with 17 black white illustrations. Dimensions: 9.5 x 14.25 inches. Hand signed by Moriyama on the interior first page. From a Limited edition of approximately 700. Excellent overall condition. Artist Statement: "1974 was the first year that I went to Okinawa and it was exactly a one week stay. Most of the photos in this book are those I took during that trip. However, the purpose of the trip to Okinawa then was not to take photos but for Shoumei Toumatsu, Eikou Hosoe, Masahisa Fukase...

Nobuyoshi ARAKI (*1940, Japan) 69YK #10, 2009 Gelatin silver print 50.8 x 60 cm (20 x 23 5/8 in.) Print only Nobuyoshi Araki (Tokyo, 1940) is a Tokyo-based photographer. Araki completed his studies at Chiba University’s Department of Photography, Painting and Engineering with a focus on the study of film and photography. His photographic project Satchin earned him the prestigious Taiyo Award in 1964, shortly after he had joined the advertising agency Dentsu, where he worked until 1972. At Dentsu he met his wife Yoko, to whom he paid homage in Sentimental Journey, a photographic record of their honeymoon published in 1971. Eros and thanatos (sex and death) has been a central theme in Araki’s work; an abiding fascination with female genitalia and women’s bodies in Japanese bondage...