Interview, June 1st, 2005
HISHAM BHAROOCHA: How did you become interested in pursuing photography? ARAKI: My father was a geta [traditional Japanese footwear] craftsman, but he was also a semiprofessional photographer, and I would assist him. I had my very first experience as a photographer when I stood under the black curtain to see the subject appearing upside down in the view-finder. When I was in the dark under that curtain, alone with my subject, it made me feel so good. I am not necessarily comparing it to masturbation [laughs], but I think that feeling marked my beginning as a photographer. HB: Did you study p...
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