往生写集 Photography for the Afterlife

荒木経惟  写真集

「荒木経惟 往生写集」展にあわせて刊行された写真集。第1回太陽賞受賞作「さっちん」や「センチメンタルな旅・冬の旅」「チロ愛死」などの名高い作品から、最新作「8月」「去年の戦後」「道路」まで、荒木が50年にわたって見つめてきた生と死のすべてを収録。
写真点数300点(モノクロ/カラー)。執筆=浜田優、マリオ・ペルニオーラ、藤野可織。デザイン=名久井直子。和英併記。
「荒木経惟 往生写集」展=2014年4月22日~6月29日、豊田市美術館/8月9日~10月5日、新潟市美術館/10月22日~12月25日、資生堂ギャラリー

Due to his age and failing health, the prolific photographer Nobuyoshi Araki believes death is catching up with him, and titled this photobook, published in conjunction with a solo exhibition at three Japanese museums, accordingly. Presented here are 300 pages of colour and black-and-white images he produced throughout his career, a chronicle of life's melancholy journey. In diverse ways, Araki captures the mundane scenes, urban landscapes and intimate portraits for which he is best known, his filter of the world around him expressed in both nuance and frank candour. With texts by Mario Perniola and Masaru Hamada, plus a conversation between Araki and Kaori Fujino.