Publisher/Nishimura Gallery

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"Flowers Life and Death (Signed)" is a collection of works by Nobuyoshi Araki, one of Japan's leading photographers. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Nishimura Gallery in Ginza in 1996. Nishimura Gallery is famous for introducing British contemporary art, such as Hockney, which was relatively unfamiliar at the time, to Japan from the mid-1980s. Araki began photographing flowers in the early 1970s, initially the wilting flowers placed in the graves of his family home at Jokanji Temple in Minowa. After the death of his wife, Yoko, in 1990, he became engrossed in photographing flowers, publishing series such as "Color Scenery," "Flower Melody," and "Erotic Flowers." His work captures fresh, vibrant colors, and even depicts decaying flowers using various expressive methods, such as close-ups and photographs of flowers set in vases. As the subtitle suggests, this book contains numerous illustrations that reflect Araki's views on life and death, as well as his eroticism, making it a small but worthwhile read. Signed by the photographer .