Araki meets hokusai biography

For more than half a century, Ararchy has been taking pictures. He constantly takes on new themes and techniques, exploring a world that changes like a kaleidoscope.

‘Through this boy Sacchin, I could see my own childhood as he played’.

From 'Sacchin' (1964)

While at university, Araki often took pictures of the children near his home.

'I could see my own childhood in the boy called Sacchin', he said. It was where 'Photographs of Me' began, which convey who he is through others. He continued, 'I was taking pictures from the point of view of a child.

Araki meets hokusai biography

The sort of brat who aimed and fired a catapult at me but didn't actually have anything loaded in it'. The quality of these shots of active children can be surprising. He was awarded the Sun Prize for the series, which was his big break.

‘The bliss of life and the premonition of death meet and mix together.