Published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha in 2018, “Photo-Crazy A” serves as the official catalog for Nobuyoshi Araki’s major retrospective at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery. The title, a nod to Hokusai’s self-identification as a “painting-crazy old man,” reflects Araki’s relentless creative energy in his late 70s. The volume is a massive compilation featuring over 500 works, including his long-lost 1964 masterpiece “The Greengrocer” alongside recent series like “One Hundred Views of Flowers” and “A Diary 2017.7.7.” This book explores themes of life and death, the urban landscape of Tokyo, and the enduring power of the female subject, providing a comprehensive overview of Araki’s contemporary oeuvre.
