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Bondage: The erotic adult photography of Araki in his own words

Worldwide BDSM News From The Media Posted on Mon, August 29, 2022 00:42:11

Source: Faroutmagazine.co.uk.

JAPAN – When Nobuyoshi Araki attended film and photography school at Chiba University in 1959, Japan was undergoing a tempestuous period of radical change. Stationed between the old ways and the new, students began to partake in the historical Anpo Protests as the left tried to sway a more neutral path for Japan in the ensuing Cold War. 

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During this time of upheaval, the youth sought to bring forth a new identity for Japan. Nobuyoshi Araki’s photography was borne from this period of the old violently clashing with the new as his crisp, expressive style blended fine art, eroticism and bondage in something that was unmistakably Japanese and yet not like anything Japan had seen before. 

In truth, his only aim was to be a subversive force, as he said himself: “I don’t have anything to say. There’s no special message in my photos …. I don’t take photos to shove everything in everyone’s face …. I have no special ideology, no ideas about art, no thoughts or philosophy. It’s as though I’m just a little rogue getting up to mischief.”

Nevertheless, the photograph itself has a profundity to it. There is a great deal of method to his mischief and what he aims to intimately capture. As he explains: “The time when a picture is taken is like an emotion, it’s like a sexual encounter. It’s like a fuck! So, timing is very important.”

The results of these intimate experiments speak for themselves. However, he won’t be found teaching a course on how to achieve it any time soon. As he famously declared: “You are either born to be a photographer or not. The art of photography is not something you can learn in the classroom or by watching someone do it.”

He’s got it, and with it he has explored a range of subjects. His favourite: Bondage. This fascination is explored in full with the Taschen collection focusing on his erotic pictures in this line of work.

For more information on the Taschen publication Bondage: Araki you can click here.



Magistrate loosens cuffs on bondage photographers

Worldwide BDSM News From The Media Posted on Sat, October 31, 2020 02:45:34

Source: Insideimaging.com.au.

AUSTRALIA – Sydney bondage photographer, Garth Knight, has been granted bail after spending almost a month in custody following his arrest for the alleged sexual assault of two models during photo shoots.

Knight, 48, was charged with sexual intercourse without consent and aggravated sexual assault, relating to alleged incidents occurring at a Surry Hills warehouse in 2005, and a Waterloo home in 2011.

He was initially denied bail after his arrest last month, but has now been granted a conditional release in return for a $480,000 bond, along with a series of conditions including being banned from any activity involving photographing nude persons or any women, or being present during any shoot involving a woman or naked person. According to The Australian, he must report daily to Redfern police station, and must not contact any woman who has modelled for him, with the exception of his partner.

Knight primarily uses photography to showcase installations he creates using humans and rope. He describes himself as a ‘sculpturalist’, who ‘photographs rope and bodies as sculptural forms’, using a Japanese erotic bondage tradition called Shibari. Both alleged victims were tied up at the time of the alleged assaults.

Police have been investigating the photographer since May, when a woman filed a report with Police regarding the alleged incident from 2005. A second report then came from a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted during a photo shoot at a Waterloo home in 2011 when she was 33.

When Knight was initially denied bail his solicitor, Phillip Ryan, claimed the photographer had previous sexual contact with one claimant prior to the alleged incident, and had discussed engaging in sexual contact with other model prior to the photo shoot.



Australian Bondage photographer on assault charges

Worldwide BDSM News From The Media Posted on Thu, October 01, 2020 03:38:00

Source: QT.com.au.

AUSTRALIA – SIDNEY – A Sydney-based bondage photographer has been refused bail after being charged with sexually assaulting two models during photo shoots six years apart.

Garth Knight was refused bail by Magistrate Robert Williams on Friday when he appeared in Sydney’s Central Local Court.

Knight has been charged with sexual intercourse without consent and aggravated sex assault (deprive liberty) relating to two alleged incidents at a Surry Hills warehouse in 2005 and a home in Waterloo in 2011.

The 48-year-old appeared in court via audiovisual link from Surry Hills Police Station where he was being held following his arrest at a Redfern home on Friday morning.

His solicitor Phillip Ryan applied for him to be freed on bail, saying Knight had sexual contact with one of the complainants prior to the alleged incident.

Mr Ryan also said Knight had discussed engaging in sexual contact prior to the photo shoot with the second alleged victim.

However, Mr Williams ordered Knight to remain in custody despite the possibility of him remaining behind bars for an extended period of time as a result of delays in court proceedings as a result of COVID-19.

Mr Williams described the prosecution case as “strong” and noted that if found guilty, Knight was facing the possibility of a lengthy custodial sentence.

Police received the first allegation in May 2020 when a woman told police she had been sexually assaulted while working as a model at a Surry Hills warehouse in 2005 when she was 35.

Police received a second report from a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted during a photo shoot at a home in Waterloo in 2011 when she was 33.

The court heard police had obtained messages in which Mr Knight had allegedly apologised to one of the complainants about his conduct.

The court also heard both alleged victims were tied up at the time of the alleged assaults and unable to escape.

Knight’s Instagram account, which has more than 16,000 followers, shows numerous examples of his work in which he suspends naked male and female models using ropes and other materials.

He has been described as being “trained in the tradition of Shibari rope tying” or Japanese erotic bondage.

In a 2013 interview he said: “Bondage is the practice of tying and restraining people, usually using rope.

“It is practised for many different reasons. It can induce meditative states, produce feelings of connection and closeness between people; it is used erotically for heightened awareness and intimacy and, in a sadomasochistic setting, for power play.”

Detective Chief Inspector Rod Hart said on Friday that four detectives assigned to the case had worked “around the clock” since the allegations were made and were calling out to anyone else who may have been affected.

“The NSW Police Force take allegations of sexual assault very seriously,” he said.

“We have updated resources and technology that we put into these situations … we will create strike forces.

“So I urge anyone in the community who has been a victim of sexual assault who feels as though they can’t come forward to please come forward.”

Detectives have launched Strike Force Nannawilli and will continue to investigate the allegations.

*For 24-hour sexual violence support call the national hotline 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or MensLine on 1800 600 636.   

Originally published as Bondage photographer on assault charges

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