The Banquet
Publisher: Magazine House Co
Published: November 1993
Language: jpn; eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9784838704118
Subjects: Photography & Photographs
Description: First published in Japan in 1993, Nobuyoshi Araki's The Banquet ( Shokuji ) offers a moving tribute to the photographer's late wife, Yoko, through a photo-diary of the food they shared together in the last months of her life. The book is composed of three related sections: commercial color photographs of meals shot by Araki from 1985 onwards, using a ring flash and a macro lens; a (written) food diary; and black-and-white photographs taken at home, using only available light, a series Araki began after doctors told his wife she had only a month to live.