NOBUOSHI ARAKI

Born in 1940 in Tokyo, where he lives and works today, Araki is arguably the most famous, and often controversial, contemporary Japanese photographer.

Araki has achieved celebrity status in Japan via his prolific (and
provocative) output of photography, film, publications, exhibitions, and
pedagogical work. A 1963 graduate of Chiba University near Tokyo with a degree in photography and printing, he began his career in advertising. In 1974 Araki established Workshop, a photography school, along with photographers Tomatsu Shomei, Moriyama Daido, Hosoe Eikoh, Fukase Masahisa, and Yokosuka Noriaki, which by 1976 had evolved into Araki's own Private Photo School with about ten students.

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