“Suisou” by Noriko Yabu: Erotic, naked underwater selfie art!
February 26, 2014
/ Tadashi Anahori
Noriko Yabu is a 33-year-old artist who takes selfies.
Nothing special in that.
Except her surreal selfies are underwater, and she's naked.
Her series of images are called Suisou, which could be read as "aquarium" or "cistern" but the characters she uses mean "water funeral".
So is this a dead body in the water? Are we turning into necrophiliacs?
We find these immensely subtle and erotic, or are we revealing something about ourselves? Does no one else share this fetish?
There is a long tradition of water and sexuality in Japan. Nude scenes ...