Publisher/Rat Hole Gallery

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"Higan" is a collection of works by Nobuyoshi Araki, one of Japan's leading postwar photographers. In the 1960s, he started with "Satchin," which won the Taiyo Prize; in the 1970s, he met his beloved wife Yoko and was represented by "Sentimental Journey," which could be said to be the beginning of "Araki's personal photography"; in the 1980s, he teamed up with the famous editor Akira Suei to create radical images and the height of "eros," and in the 1990s, he demonstrated his talent in video expression; and in the 1990s, he began to depict more sentimental feelings through still lifes and landscapes after Yoko's death. Nobuyoshi Araki has continued to explore various styles to suit his own feelings and the mood of the times. Since 2000, he has released a collection of works like a "diary" every year, and since 2010, he has continued his creative activities despite suffering from vision loss in his right eye, and his exhibitions and photo books have not stopped. This book is composed of illustrations that Araki took with a telephoto lens from his car while suffering from prostate cancer. The works are a reflection of Araki's feelings of loneliness, loss, and views on life and death as he faced sad realities such as the death of his beloved cat Chiro and the Great East Japan Earthquake.