This Photographer’s Subject Says She Was Mistreated And Abused By Him For Years

The artist-muse relationship can be fraught, but it should be one based on mutual respect. “In a blog post published in Japanese in early April after ‘The Incomplete Araki’ opened at the Museum of Sex in Manhattan, the model, Kaori — who uses only her first name — said that over their working relationship, [photographer Nobuyoshi] Araki never signed her to a professional contract; ignored her requests for privacy during photo shoots; neglected to inform her when pictures of her were published or displayed; and often did not pay her. ‘He treated me like an object,’ she wrote.”