Araki XXL Taschen Limited Edition of 2500 Japanese Start Price USD 3,000.00 Current Price USD 3,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 16, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Location New York, NY See more about 'Araki XXL Taschen Limited Edition of 2500 Japanese' Description Araki XXL Taschen Limited Edition of 2500 Japanese (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) (Click to Enlarge) Description Big time Araki - Size does matter!"This book reveals everything about me. It's been a 60-year contract. Photography is love and death-that'll be my epitaph."The first title in our new TASCHEN limited series is Araki, an enormous and unique book with a print run of only 2,500 copies. The subject is Japanese photographer Araki, a man who talks about life through photographs. His powerful oeuvre, decades' worth of images, has been pared down to about 1,000 photographs which tell the story of Araki and comprise the ultimate retrospective collection of his work.Known best for his intimate, snapshot-style images of women often tied up with ropes (kinbaku, Japanese rope-tying art) and of colorful, sensual flowers, Araki is an artist who reacts strongly to his emotions and uses photography to experience them more fully. Obsessed with women, Araki seeks to come closer to them through photography, using ropes like an embrace and the click of the shutter like a kiss. His work is at once shocking and mysteriously tender; a deeply personal artist, Araki is not afraid of his emotions nor of showing them to the world. * XXL-Format: 34.5 x 50 cm (13.4 x 19.7 in.) * Limited edition of 2,500 copies worldwide, each numbered and signed by Araki * Interviews by Jérôme Sans * Extensive bibliography and biography section * All color illustrations are color-separated and reproduced in Aniva, the finest reproduction technique available today, which provides unequalled intensity and color range. The duotone illustrations are made with Novatone, a special treatment for black and white images that produces exquisite tonal range and density Payment and Shipping Info Buyer pays shipping and handling. Overnight and other express shipping is available upon request. Please contact ebay@photovillage.com for prices, or call 1.212.989.1252. Shipping fees are never refundable under any circumstances. For shipments outside the United States, buyer is responsible for customs fees which are not included in our shipping charges. International shipments are made via US Postal Service EMS (3-5 Day delivery) only. Credit cards are taken directly by our store and should be entered into Auctionworks ClickOut or called in. International Money Orders or bank transfers are required for international orders. We will accept domestic USA Credit Cards orders only if we can verify the billing address. We will only ship to the verified address. If you wish for an item to be shipped internationally to your business address, you must pay via Bank Transfer or IMO or add the shipping address to your credit card as an "alternate" address so we can verify. Paypal is not accepted due to recent fraud, sorry. New York State resident and in-store pick-ups are subject to 8.375% NYC sales tax. No orders from Indonesia, Africa, former Soviet Republics and other countries we have not yet done business. If you are outside of the USA, Europe, or Japan it is best to ask before bidding to be pre-qualified. If you are in Italy or Spain you STILL MUST PAY BY BANK TRANSFER. No credit cards outside USA. Auctionworks ClickOut is similar to eBay's CheckOut, but it also provides a secure connection for entering your Credit Card Information. Winners please complete AUCTIONWORKS ClickOut and NOT eBay's Checkout. If you are the winner, click the button above to check out right now! Feel free to browse our ebay store: Place a Bid!