Nobuyoshi Araki, born in 1940, Tokyo, has graduated in 1963 from Chiba’s National University with majors in photography and film studies, who later worked as a photographer in advertising in Japan’s famous Dentsu Advertisement Agency. In 1964, he received the first Sun Prize - an acclaimed award in the Japanese world of photography, and in 1999, Araki became the chair of jurors for the Sun Prize. Araki is regarded as one of the most prolific artists in Japan and around the world, with hundreds of publications on his photographs. He is probably also the most controversial photographer working in the world today on subject matter such as eroticism. Araki’s works have been exhibited worldwide, his recent solo exhibitions include ‘69YK’ at Taka Ishii Gallery (Tokyo, 2009), ‘B/W Bondage’ at Jablonka Galerie (Berlin, 2008), ‘Araki Gold’ at l’Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica – Palazzo Fontana di Trevi (Roma, 2007). Besides, The famous Icelandic musician Björk is an admirer of Araki, who has once modeled for Araki’s photograph. In 2008, after the film Lust Caution (directed by Wong Kar Wai) was released in Japan, Araki shot the main actor and actress Wong Leehom and Tang Wei for Marie Claire Japan’s March issue; and more recently he shot Lady Gaga for Vogue Japan #3 in 2009.