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11 images of sex and bondage by Nobuyoshi Araki
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12 May 2020
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A hero of Japanese counter-culture, Nobuyoshi Araki scoured the bars, the strip clubs, met with geishas and prostitutes, collaborated with S&M magazines and encouraged ever more suggestive poses. A regular at these subversive establishments, Araki had time to immortalise the lolitas and their cries of extasy, the eyes of the voyeurs rolling back and the libertarian spirit of a bygone era.