NAKED TOKYO: FRIDAY June 26th

Come join me and friends for a group exhibition in Roppongi's SuperDeluxe this Friday.

The Naked Tokyo exhibition presents the work of an international group of photographers focusing on self-portraiture, sex, eroticism, and anonymous nudity.

41 Photographers
50 Photos
One Night Only!


Start Time: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 6:30pm
End Time: Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 2:00am
Location: SuperDeluxe in Roppongi
Street: B1F 3.1.25 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku,

Phone: 0354120515
Email: nakedtokyo@gmail.com


Naked Tokyoでは、セルフポートレイト・セックス・エロティシズム・ヌードに焦点を置いた国内外の写真家の作品展を開催いたします。
４１人の写真家
一夜限り

June 26th (Friday) from 18:30 @ SuperDeluxe in Roppongi.
1000 yen entry fee

http://www.super-deluxe.com/2009/06/26/
http://www.nakedtokyo.com/

Photo (C) Max Hodges, from NAKED TOKYO Exhibition in Shibuya, December 2008

Sex in the Park, and Its Sneaky Spectators: The Photography of Kohei Yoshiyuki

WHY are the Japanese couples in Kohei Yoshiyuki’s photographs having sex outdoors? Was 1970s Tokyo so crowded, its apartments so small, that they were forced to seek privacy in public parks at night? And what about those peeping toms? Are the couples as oblivious as they seem to the gawkers trespassing on their nocturnal intimacy?

Layers of Voyeurism If the social phenomena captured in these photographs seem distinctly linked to Japanese culture, Mr. Yoshiyuki’s images of voyeurs reverberate well beyond it. Viewing his pictures means that you too are looking at activities not meant to be seen. We line up right behind the photographer, surreptitiously watching the peeping toms who are secretly watching the couples. Voyeurism is us...

Click here to continue reading this NYT article.

Audio slideshow Layers of Voyeurism