Araki photographed hundreds of wives through the years making it a life-long project

as a foreign photographer

Each image is a digital montage made entirely of screenshots from a specific war movie ranging from Sergei Eistenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925)

starting when her overburdened family sends her at the age of ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood

After the Second World War they continued this ‘Westward Ho

New York Jeff liao Araki photographed hundreds of wivesFirst edition of "Quest" New York by Jonathan Bertin (2022) First impression Medium format hardback in new condition Signed by Jonathan Bertin to title page Self published