No one’s done more to bring the Japanese bondage art form of kinbaku-bi - “the beauty of tight binding” - to the world’s attention than one-of-a-kind artist Nobuyoshi Araki. Apart from his photos of lush women like his muse Kaori tied and bound, sometimes hanging from the ceiling, he’s also known for snapping technicolour painted flowers and black-and-white Tokyo streets.
"tying-up is synonymous for making love" araki on the art of bondage
Dean Kissick, i-D magazine online, May 23, 2014
