Publisher/Rat Hole Gallery

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"Negaeropolis Uganbochi" is a collection of works by Nobuyoshi Araki, one of Japan's leading photographers. This collection was published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Rat Hole Gallery in 2015, and features his then-latest works, "Negaeropolis" and "Uganbochi." "Negaeropolis" consists of color illustrations of nudes, still lifes, and landscapes, which were printed and developed without being inverted into positives. The hazy, gloomy colors create a unique world that seems to float between life and death. "Uganbochi" is composed of monochrome images of "cities" and "graveyards," taken with a camera whose lens was smashed and then photographed with the unstable camera. The illustrations express Araki's perspective, having lost sight in his right eye, and seem to depict his feelings of perceiving cities as graveyards. This is a unique collection of works by a master who continues to take on challenging creative activities even as he approaches 80 years old.