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Nobuyoshi Araki’s wife Yoko, taken on their honeymoon. She died of cancer in 1992.

“Maybe I only had a relationship with her as a photographer, not as a partner. If I hadn’t documented her death, both the description of my state of mind and my declaration of love would have been incomplete. I found consolation in unmasking lust and loss, by staging a bitter confrontation between symbols. After Yoko’s death, I didn’t want to photograph anything but life - honestly. Yet every time I pressed the button, I ended up close to death, because to photograph is to stop time. I want to tell you something, listen closely: Photography is murder.”

- Nobuyoshi Araki

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    Maybe I only had a relationship with her as a photographer, not as a partner. — Araki on Yoko

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