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ARAKI: A PERSPECTIVE, featuring 70+ works from Nobuyoshi Araki

This past Saturday night at PRISM, hundreds of guests including Jeremy Piven, Adrian Brody, Marisa Tomei, Lapo Elkann, Marco Perego, Tamara Mellon, Liz Goldwyn, Guinevere van Seenus, Avril Lavigne , Nicolas Berggruen, Ben Watts, Andrea & Pietro Clemente, Shiva Rose, Stavros Niarchos Jr., Sante D’Orazio, Andre Balazs, Nur Kahn, Tierney Gearon, Cordula Reyer, Roman Alonso, Devon Aoki, Shamim Momim, Alexandra Leighton, Brandon Davis, and Nelle Hooper, flocked to see renowned Japanese photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki’s visually complex exhibition “Araki: A Perspective.” Partygoers sipped on cocktails while viewing the 70 plus works by Araki, who is known worldwide for his raw and controversial photographic style.

Nobuyoshi Araki is Japan’s most notable & controversial photographer. Based primarily in Tokyo, Araki documents what he sees in the streets, exploring the various themes that exist in the city. With over 450 photography books to his name, Araki has explored a wide variety of topics, most notably the love of his wife, Yoko in his most recognizable series, “Yoko, My Love.” This raw and intimate work features his wife in prolific and compromising positions. Araki has also done commercial work, recently photographing music sensation Lady Gaga for Vogue Hommes Japan, in his signature “bondage style” poses. On his technique, Araki explains, “what’s important in my work is always the relationship between me and the object – - it’s a kind of love story. I don’t concern myself with why a relationship starts or where it goes. The most important thing is just the relationship between the two of us at that moment. This world becomes our world.”

Nobuyoshi Araki’s works will be on display from March 6th – May 9th at Prism , 8746 West Sunset Boulevard

West Hollywood, CA 90069