Nobuyoshi Araki (*1940)
Satchin and his brother Mabo, Japan, 1963
Araki studied film and photography at Chiba University from 1959 to 1963. At the time, his approach to the medium was still strongly influenced by the filmmakers of Italian Neorealism. In 1964, he won the first photo competition of Taiyo magazine with a few black-and-white still photographs from his graduation film project Satchin and his brother Mabo. The photo series was printed in the July issue and is thus Araki's first publication.
Araki has taken this photograph in 1963, when he followed a group of boys, mostly during their games in the streets. It was published in 1997 in his book of the same title by Heibonsha Limited.
Gelatin silver print on baryta, print date: 1990s
Image dimensions 40 x 60,2 cm (40 x 60,2 inch)
Mounting, Framing Archival cardboard mat 60 x 80 cm
Condition
Double-weight, semi-matte baryta paper; minimal handling mark in lower portion, otherwise in very good condition
Annotations
Signed »Nobuyoshi Araki« in black ink on the reverse
Literature
Nobuyoshi Araki, Satchin, Tokyo: Shinchosha 1994, o.p.; Araki by Araki. The photographer's personal selection 1963-2002, Tokyo: Kodansha International 2003, p. 14; Nobuyoshi Araki, Self-Life-Death, London: Phaidon 2005, p. 38-39; Francesca Bernasconi, Fuyumi Namioka (ed.), Araki. Love and Death, Silvana Editoriale: Milan 2010, p. 25; Filippo Maggia, The Araki Effect, Milan 2019, p. 19; Nobuyoshi Araki, Araki. 40th Anniversary, Taschen: Cologne 2020, p. 500.
Prints / Japanese Photography / Straßenfotografie / Kind / Straße /
