New Bottega Veneta campaign shot by Araki
Bottega Veneta has collaborated with legendary Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki for its Spring/Summer 2015 images.
Luxury brand BOTTEGA VENETAĀ has collaborated with Japanese photographerĀ Nobuyoshi Araki for its Spring/Summer 2015 images.
The collection was photographed on location in Tokyo, featuring men’s and women’s pieces from the brand’s collections for the season worn by Dutch model Saskia de Brauw andĀ Korean male model Sung Jin Park.
Inspired by dance and free movements the images capture the weathered finishes to fabrics, with women’s pieces featuring washed calf suede and men’s pieces treated with stitching and fading techniques.
Born in Tokyo in 1940, Araki is one of Japan’s best-known living photographers, famed for his controversial images of women tightly bound in the method of erotic Japanese rope-typing known asĀ kinbaku-bi.
“More than simply provocative, Arakiās images have a powerful honesty and human poignancy that make them unforgettable,” Bottega Veneta Creative Director Tomas Maier explained of the choice. “He has his own visual language, which I was very excited to see translated to the collection.”
The Araki images will debut in the February issues of select magazines globally, and a video documenting the shoot will arrive atĀ bottegaveneta.comĀ in February.