荒木經惟 走在東京

by Nobuyoshi Araki

享譽國際的感官攝影大師•日本國民寫真家
【荒木經惟09年最新攝影作品】
「我懷抱著與東京殉情的心情,拍下屬於自己的東京。」──荒木經惟

我們無法只從一本作品認識ARAKI的全部，
ARAKI的東京卻在無意間暴露了此時、此刻的ARAKI──
「所謂的攝影，就是人生。」而人生是鄉愁，是猶如子宮般濡溼且溫暖的心之故鄉。
摩天大樓群形成的山谷之間、老街的巷弄裡、山手線沿線的住宅街、墓地……
荒木經惟散步在他所深愛的城市──東京。
他在途中邂逅了美女，重新體驗令人懷念的昭和風情，
以及未隨著時代變化的孩童笑顏。這一路上，有幸福、有夢。
和偶遇的人們凝視、交談的霎時，荒木的攝影機紀錄了逬發於該時空的微妙情感，
隨意走走如此行進之真意亦在底片感光下解構而出。
「女性是最棒的，街道也是最棒的。」
名照片以名言點綴的本書，正是「散步」與「街道紀實攝影」的極致之作！

アラキのトーキョー、皆さんのトーキョー。
荒木經惟的東京，也是讀者的東京。
「在按下快門時，是我與城鎮的互動合作；而一旦印製成書，就成了我與讀者的互動合作。……黑白照片能讓人感受到內心的色彩。我曾把『黑白照』（モノクローム）讀做『黑白夢』，就是想對大家說，請恣意做自己的東京夢吧！」

「寫真」這回事，果然是名符其實的「描寫真實」啊！
荒木經惟獨到的「街道論」：
散著步之間，不自覺便按下了快門，因為街道自己會高喊著「拍我吧！」
街道呈現著每個人的夢想呢。
等待紅綠燈之際，每個人的人生就這麼不經意地流露。
從巷弄的迷宮走出來開闊大馬路上的那一瞬間，也會湧上一股難以言喻的快感，那一刻，眼中所見的並不是風景，而是「光景」──光的景色。城市正因為擁有如此強烈的反差而有趣。
我最推薦帶著相機，邀女友去散步拍照，因為，散步一定要有愛呀！
街道兀自向我訴說著它的風貌，而我的照片只是將其忠實地複製下來罷了。
拍照時，不必勉強透過攝影試圖表達什麼，憑直覺按下快門就對了，因為攝影機會好好地幫我們看著，所以沒問題的。攝影的最高境界，不就是這麼回事嗎？
說到底，只要是自己踏進去的路，不就是你自己的散步道嗎？而且這麼一來，從自身的立場來看，每趟「散步」也形同一部「私小說」了。

Paperback

First published June 1, 2009

About the author

Nobuyoshi Araki is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. He is also known by the nickname Arākī.

Araki studied photography during his college years and then went to work at the advertising agency Dentsu, where he met his future wife, the essayist Yōko Araki. After they were married, Araki published a book of pictures of his wife taken during their honeymoon titled Sentimental Journey. She later died in 1990. Pictures taken during her last days were published in a book titled Winter Journey.

Having published over 350 books (and still more every year) Araki is considered one of the most prolific artists alive or dead in Japan and around the world. Many of his photographs are erotic; some have been called pornographic. Some of his most popular photography books are Sentimental Journey, Tokyo Lucky Hole, and Shino. He also contributed photography to the Sunrise anime series Brain Powerd.

The Icelandic musician Björk is an admirer of Araki's work, and served as one of his models. At her request he photographed the cover and inner sleeve pages of her 1997 remix album, Telegram.

Araki's life and work were the subject of Travis Klose's 2005 documentary film Arakimentari.