Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably Japan's greatest living photographer, and certainly its most controversial. The more than 300 books he has published over the last four decades attest to his inexhaustible creative energy, while his work, which often challenges social taboos surrounding sec and death, has drawn critical attention both at home and abroad. This new abridged edition of Phaidon's highly acclaimed Self, Life, Death, includes the finest and most iconic images from throughout Araki's career, all presented in a beautiful, expanded format that allows the pictures room to breathe. This accessible and affordable format will bring a new audience of students and photography enthusiasts to the work of this influential photographer.

•Arguably Japan’s greatest living photographer – and certainly its most controversial – Nobuyoshi Araki (b.1940) consistently challenges artistic and social conventions in postwar Japan by referencing the country’s rich history of restraint, commercialism and eroticism

•This new abridged edition includes all of Araki’s major bodies of work, such as Sentimental Journey (1971), Winter Journey (1991) and Erotos (1993)

•Araki’s prolific 48 year career is represented through his finest and most iconic images all in a lavishly produced, large-format book

•Araki’s writings, widely admired in Japan, are also included, providing a unique opportunity for the English reader to discover the artist and his motivations

•In this affordable and accessible format, a new audience of photography students and enthusiasts will be able to own the definitive work on this influential photographer