Photography by Nobuyoshi Araki

Nobuyoshi Araki is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. He is also known by the nickname Arākī.



Araki was born in Tokyo, studied photography during his college years and then went to work at the advertising agency Dentsu, where he met his future wife, the essayist Yōko Araki. After they were married, Araki published a book of pictures of his wife taken during their honeymoon titled Sentimental Journey. She died in 1990. Pictures taken during her last days were published in a book titled Winter Journey.

Photography by Alex Prager

Alex Prager was born in Los Angeles in 1979. She was raised by her grandmother in a small apartment in the suburb of Los Feliz. Her nomadic upbringing saw her splitting her time between Florida, California, and Switzerland without truly settling down long enough for a formal education. Prager’s interest in art began in her adolescence, but it was in her early twenties that she began to focus on photography after being inspired by the work of William Eggleston.

Creative Advertising Photography by Khuong Nguyen

Khuong Nguyen is an editorial and commercial photographer and designer based in Paris. His photo composites tell all Creative Tempest needs to know, and we are going to send him over a skilled Swede right away.