A photo about Nobuyoshi Araki.

All the ideas in this article come from this photo taken by Nobuyoshi Araki.

This photo, selected from A Sad Journey, is considered to be one of Nobuyoshi Araki's classic works. It is made of two hands holding a heart, and the white sheet is separated from the black clothes. It is said that Yoko died a few minutes after this photo was taken. Photos indicate the separation of yin and yang in the future. Perfect picture, isn't it?

My question followed. Who took this photo? Nobuyoshi Araki himself or other photographers? According to the shooting angle, Nobuyoshi Araki should not hold the camera by himself, because if the hand shaking hands with Yoko is the right hand, then his left hand should be farther away from the picture. Then there are two possibilities for this kind of photo, 1 tripod selfie, or 2 other photographers. Let's analyze these two situations separately.

I personally have questions about this photo. If it were me, the person I love would die of illness, and I will never remember taking a photo. Experienced the death of many relatives, teachers and friends. Whether before I became interested in photography or after I became a photographer, when my beloved relatives and friends died, I was too sad to remember, and I was not interested in recording any pictures with a camera. Of course, I have also experienced the death of people I don't know at all, such as my friend's grandfather, and I went to help deal with the elderly's affairs. I am an outsider or a helper. Based on the cultural background where I grew up, it is "disrespectful" to take pictures of the dead, and I didn't take pictures of the funeral scene. Only when the old man was seriously ill, I took some photos with him for friends and his relatives. There are no relatives of the old man to do this, and only foreigners who have no blood relationship with him and no emotional intersection are the most suitable photographers. This "before death photo" is similar to this photo of Nobuyoshi Araki. So it's more likely to be another photographer. But suppose that this photo is Nobuyoshi Araki's self-portrait on a tripod. My problem is even more obvious.

Nobuyoshi Araki claimed that the camera was a part of his body, so any photo in front of him could be a photo. But I doubt very much, if there is such a person in the world, can he still take pictures if he is fascinated by movies? Can I still take pictures when I'm drunk to pieces? Can I take pictures when I sleep? You can't talk nonsense about "the camera grows on you." My heart grows on me, and I keep jumping when I watch movies, drink and sleep, but even people who regard photography as their life are addicted to movie plots, alcohol or dreams, their cameras will be forgotten. This is an inevitable thing. There is a simple reason. Photography is something you will like only after you are born. When you were born, your mother didn't give you a species with a camera on your forehead.

People's basic emotions, such as emotions, joys and sorrows, have their subjective aspects. The stronger the emotion, the greater the subjective aspect. We may think of taking pictures when we are happy and relaxed, but it is not absolute. For example, riding a roller coaster, I will think of taking pictures because it doesn't feel very exciting. I'm not immersed in that excitement. The situation of the young lady next to her is different, and her nose is neglected, because she is obsessed with this matter and immersed in it. Sadness and happiness are different. In contrast, photography is easier to blend in with joy. Photography is sometimes regarded as a recreational activity, but it seems more difficult to integrate sadness. Just like the champagne red carpet. You think it would be a great revenge to open champagne on the red carpet of the funeral.

Humans have the ability to drag a foreign language, which is called "getting lost in their own thoughts". If Nobuyoshi Araki was still fiddling with a tripod and a camera to take a perfect picture before Yoko died, do I have reason to doubt his feelings with Yoko, or even his initial motivation? He is not devoted enough, selfless enough, and not lost. In contrast, he is more like a well-trained outsider who can jump out of the plot of life at any time.

Another explanation is that this photo was taken by someone else. But even if someone else does, there is still doubt. Who's the other guy? Whose idea was it to take the picture like this? Is Nobuyoshi Araki still directing everything, just looking for someone to help him press the shutter? If the idea and shooting were not Nobuyoshi Araki himself, then this photo was taken too well. Is there a good photographer buried in the shadow of Nobuyoshi Araki?

No matter what kind of explanation or branch explanation, there is inevitably a question, which is also my most fundamental question: Is Nobuyoshi Araki a chicken thief?

When he took this photo, what he thought was "so sad" or "lying in the trough! Bad guys poison virtue! It must be a fire! "