“What makes [photography] obscene is its terrible cruelty. Happiness may be fleeting, but it's the reason we go on living. Photography is the joy that precedes pain, the moment of life just before death.” MayReasonMomentsPainJoyGoes OnTerriblePhotographyCrueltyFleetingObsceneMoments Of LifeBefore Death Author:Nobuyoshi Araki
“Photography is about a single point of a moment. It’s like stopping time. As everything gets condensed in that forced instant. But if you keep creating these points, they form a line which reflects your life.” IfsMomentsFormLinesCreatingPhotographyInstantStopping Author:Nobuyoshi Araki
