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Araki Nobuyoshi is one of Japan's leading photographers. This book, "Erotos," is the 16th volume of the 20-volume complete works of Araki Nobuyoshi, published by Heibonsha. "I'm always aware of Eros (sexuality) and Thanatos (death). It's not that Thanatos is the opposite of Eros, or that the opposite of Thanatos is Eros. Eroticism needs to be mixed with death. They're not contradictory" (from "Discussing Araki's 'Erotos'" at the end of the book). Close-ups of body parts, sexual encounters, a statue of Araki hanging, and living creatures and flowers. The photographs, presented only in fragments, evoke an erotic feeling in their moist, vivid, and grotesque forms, while also creating a decadent atmosphere with the corpse of a baby bird and decaying flowers. Araki's worldview, in which Eros and Thanatos are intimately intertwined, is different from the sentimental aesthetic of nudes and bondage, as it directly stimulates the visual sense and has a poisonous yet powerful impact.
