Daido Moriyama: Tights and Lips

Tights, 2011, Daido Moriyama © Daido Moriyama Courtesy of Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London / Taka Ishii Gallery, TokyoErotic photography straddles the line between art and tawdry titillation; a line which is difficult to navigate and incredibly easy to cross. Yet it seems that there is something in the Japanese approach to the subject that allows for the creation of exquisitely erotic images that deftly evade charges of lasciviousness or pruriency. Nobuyoshi Araki’s works exploring bondage and sado-masochism blend a level of...